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The Pentagon's CMMC Program Takes a Big Step Forward

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued the proposed Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) rules that will implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. These rules, which...more

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No…It’s a Spy Balloon!

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Many of viewers watched as the U.S. military shot down a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon on February 4, 2023. However, many were not aware of how the balloon was spotted or tracked prior to making the news. This...more

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The Pentagon Scraps Its Current Cybersecurity CMMC Program in Favor of CMMC 2.0, Which Promises to Ease the Burden of...

The Department of Defense has announced plans to suspend its current CMMC program and replace it with a streamlined process for achieving government contract cybersecurity compliance through “CMMC 2.0.” The DoD announced...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 2021

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LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - DOL Announces Proposed Rulemaking to Protect Tipped Workers, Clarify Use of the Tip Credit - The Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to withdraw and re-propose one...more

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Trump Administration Gives Teeth To Pentagon List And Restricts U.S. Investment In Publicly Traded Securities Of Chinese Military...

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Over the past summer, prompted by a bipartisan Congressional letter identifying a two‑decade‑old statute as an unused tool in confronting China’s strategy of “Military-Civilian Fusion,” the U.S. Department of Defense (“DOD”)...more

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Hypersonics Race Raises National Security Concerns For U.S. Businesses

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U.S. government agencies are increasing scrutiny of the supply chain of companies developing hypersonic technologies used in military aircraft and missiles amid escalating tensions with China and Russia. Lowenstein Sandler...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - September 2020

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - SBA Releases Fiscal Year 2019 Procurement Scorecard - The Small Business Administration (SBA) released its Fiscal Year 2019 Small Business Federal Procurement Scorecard, which tracks, assesses,...more

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Pentagon Identifies 20 ‘Communist Chinese Military Companies’

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As the US technology competition with China continues to intensify, the Trump Administration has taken another step to tighten the screws on China. In late June, the US Department of Defense (DoD) made public a list of 20...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - February 2018 #2

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Pentagon Warns CEOs: Protect Your Data or Lose Our Contracts - According to an article from Govexec.com, the Pentagon has issued a warning to defense-industry contractors, insinuating that they...more

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Pentagon Web Monitoring Data Exposed

Security researcher Chris Vickery has confirmed that web-monitoring data from the Department of Defense (DOD) was exposed through Amazon Web Services by the way the DOD configured access by authorized users. According to...more

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New Cyber Strategy Issued By Pentagon

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In a speech at Stanford University on April 23, 2015, Department of Defense (“DoD” or the “Pentagon”) Secretary Ash Carter unveiled the Pentagon’s new cyber strategy (the “Strategy”) and called on the technology sector to...more

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