On Nov. 13, 2024, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest by DecisionPoint Corp. finding that the U.S. Department of the Air Force improperly rejected DecisionPoint’s proposal for an $83 million...more
After a nearly five-year rulemaking process, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published the Final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 (CMMC) program rule in the Federal Register on Oct. 15, 2024, codified at 32...more
On July 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a $9 million settlement with federal government contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. for alleged violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) in a case pending in the...more
On November 4, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced significant changes to the strategic direction of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Specifically, DoD stated that the goal of these...more
On October 6, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new Civil Fraud Cyber Initiative to “combine the department’s expertise in civil fraud enforcement, government procurement and cybersecurity to combat new and...more
On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) mandating that the federal government significantly improve cybersecurity within its networks and modernize federal cyber defenses. The EO acknowledges that the...more
New Department of Defense (DoD) regulations related to government contractor Cybersecurity requirements become effective November 30, 2020.
The progressive steps to mandatory contractor Cybersecurity Maturity Model...more
The Department of Defense recently released version 1.0 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), a unified cybersecurity standard for future DoD acquisitions. The CMMC is a cybersecurity assessment model and...more