Cybersecurity Insights: Updates on CMMC Implementation and CUI Identification
Marti Arvin and Anthony Buenger on the CMMC Framework
Federal contractors, including defense contractors, should prepare for the emergence of new requirements in the coming months that are designed to strengthen software supply chain security, impose more stringent cybersecurity...more
WHAT: The FAR Council published a proposed rule to incorporate the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program into the acquisition process and, in doing so, seeks to more clearly define government and contractor roles...more
Earlier this month the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) Council released two draft rules which would impose new cybersecurity requirements for federal contractors. The proposed rules, Cyber Threat and Incident Reporting...more
WHAT: As we previously reported here, on October 3, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) proposed a pair of major cybersecurity rules intended to implement key parts of President Biden’s May 2021...more
In January, the OMB implemented the following new policies designed to strengthen the federal contracting system. On January 10, 2023, the OMB issued a memorandum on the subject of Strengthening Support for Federal...more
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