Increasingly, the Federal government implements a rule for government contractors which then makes its way in some form into all of US industry. Cybersecurity regulations, mandating that government contractors, grant and...more
4/22/2022
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Contractors ,
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Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
This week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) issued a “SHIELDS UP” advisory. While it does not identify specific threats in the advisory, CISA states that the “Russian...more
2/21/2022
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Threat Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments
In the wake of increasing cybersecurity threats and incidents, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) amended its Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) in 2015 to issue the 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense...more
Published on June 9, 2021, President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting America’s Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries is the latest Executive Order seeking to strengthen national security by improving public and...more
6/24/2021
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Connected Items ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Information Technology ,
Mobile Apps ,
National Security ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Software ,
TikTok
If you live on the East Coast and tried to get gasoline last week, you already know firsthand of the impacts that a cyber incident can wreck on the supply chain. As a result of the Colonial Pipeline cyber incident, a...more
If you don’t know about SolarWinds, then you haven’t been reading the news for the past six months. Last October 2020, it was reported that a widely-used networking tool that helps companies in the public and private sectors...more
The Government has many rules regarding the protection of data. Government contractors must understand these rules and the importance of timely and properly marking data that they own or develop in performance of a government...more
12/23/2020
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Boeing ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Drafting ,
Contract Terms ,
Copyright ,
Data Protection ,
Data Rights ,
DFARS ,
Federal Contractors ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Proprietary Information ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
US Air Force
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Advisory Board (CMMC AB) made a major announcement on September 16, 2020, announcing that it has trained an initial group of provisional assessors....more
Last week we reported on developments in the Department of Defense (DoD) efforts to implement enhanced Defense Industrial Base cybersecurity requirements. ...more
On January 16, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued its NIST Privacy Framework Version 1.0 (Privacy Framework). The Privacy Framework follows the same type of structure as the NIST Framework...more
1/24/2020
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Framework Agreement ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
NIST ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Privacy Act of 1974 ,
Risk Management
In the face of increasing concern over the security of Navy and Marine Corps (Navy) programs, the Navy Marine Corps Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NMCARS) was updated on September 6, 2019 to incorporate significant...more
10/11/2019
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Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
Defense Contracts ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Contractors ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Popular ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
U.S. Navy