Data Security, Subcontractors, Cyber Attacks

Q&A on Cybersecurity and Family Enterprises: How to Navigate the Digital Frontier

Bennett Jones LLP on 5/23/2025

In an era where digital threats are more sophisticated than ever, cybersecurity has become a pressing concern for family enterprises. These businesses are attractive targets for cyberattacks and need to balance the critical...more

Protecting Our Nation’s Data, Part 2: Implementing Cyber Threat Incident Reporting and Information Sharing

PilieroMazza PLLC on 11/8/2023

In October 2023, the federal government released a Proposed Rule aimed at incorporating new cybersecurity reporting requirements into the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). In this second installment of PilieroMazza’s...more

[Webinar] Cybersecurity for Government Contractors: Success Through Compliance Readiness - June 6th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

PilieroMazza PLLC on 3/27/2023

Cybersecurity has been an important topic for many years now, yet the government has struggled with how to flow down cybersecurity obligations to its supply chain. The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Cybersecurity Maturity...more

The Risks and Implications of Failing to Comply with U.S. Government Cyber and IT Requirements

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/2/2017

This article summarizes some of the many risks and implications that are associated with failing to comply with U.S. government-unique cyber and information technology requirements. We are often asked by small and...more

Department of Health and Human Services Cracks Down on Vendor Oversight in Recent Hospital Settlements

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 4/26/2016

From the rise in ransomware attacks to inadvertent disclosure of information by subcontractors, the health services industry is reminded that a potential consequence of a data breach is the threat of a regulatory enforcement...more

Department of Defense Issues New Cybersecurity Rules for Defense Agencies That Use Contractors and Cloud Services to Hold...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 10/6/2015

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) recently published an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).1 The interim rule, effective August 26, 2015, focuses on two issues. First, the...more

Defense Department Issues Interim Rule Requiring Contractor and Subcontractor Reporting of Cyber Incidents

King & Spalding on 8/28/2015

On August 26, 2015, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a long-awaited Interim Rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to require “rapid” reporting of “cyber incidents” that result in...more

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