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Trump Issues Executive Order on Cybersecurity Rolling Back Some Prior Policies and Introducing New Ones

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Last week, the Trump administration made its priorities clear for the nation’s cybersecurity posture in the form of the newly issued executive order entitled “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity...more

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Cybersecurity Failures Lead to False Claims Act Case Against Government Contractor

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In a striking move at the end of March, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a $4.6 million settlement with MORSE Corp Inc. (“MORSE”), a defense contractor based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for falsely certifying...more

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As the Department of Justice Affirms and Advances Its Cyber-Fraud Initiative, Government Contractors Should Take Steps to Ensure...

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While some areas of white-collar enforcement have been deprioritized by the Trump Administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ) remains committed to its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative as demonstrated by two recent False...more

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Analyzing President Biden's Ambitious Cybersecurity Executive Order

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In his final days in office, President Biden signed an ambitious executive order to improve the federal government's approach to cybersecurity. Executive Order 14114 ("Executive Order"), issued January 16, 2025, titled...more

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FedRAMP Releases New Draft Authorization Boundary Guidance

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Over the last few years, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (“FedRAMP”) Program Management Office (“PMO”) has released two draft guidance documents related to defining the applicable boundary for security...more

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Biden’s Final Cybersecurity Order Proposes Significant Changes, All to Be Implemented by the Incoming Administration

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Citing the threats posed by foreign adversaries and criminal organizations, and seeking enhanced accountability for companies that provide software and cloud services to the federal government, the Biden administration has...more

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The FAR Council Publishes Long-Awaited CUI Rule

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On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) Council issued its long-awaited “CUI Rule.” CUI, or Controlled Unclassified Information, is information that the government creates or possesses, or that an...more

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Governmental Practice Cybersecurity and Data Protection: 2023 Recap & 2024 Forecast Alert

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To kick off the New Year, Sheppard Mullin’s Governmental Practice Cybersecurity & Data Protection Team has prepared a cybersecurity-focused 2023 Recap (including links to all of the resources the team has put out over the...more

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FedRAMP Accelerates the Process for Federal Contractors to Obtain Cloud Service Provider Authorizations and DoD Revises its Cloud...

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Cloud computing is ubiquitous in the federal market place. Many federal contractors either provide cloud computing services to the government or use cloud computing services when performing a federal contract. For cloud...more

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