Podcast - Cybersecurity Roundup: Analyzing New and Proposed Rules for Contractors
Cybersecurity Insights: Updates on CMMC Implementation and CUI Identification
Podcast - The Role of Managed Service Providers with Stuart Itkin
The When, Where, Why and How of CMMC with Fernando Machado
Podcast - The State of Contractor Cybersecurity with Katie Arrington
What Do the Newly Released CMMC 2.1 Documents Mean?
Podcast - Third-Party Assessments and NIST SP 800-171
Third-Party Assessments and NIST SP 800-171
Cybersecurity for Government Contractors: Success Through Compliance Readiness
Torres Talks Trade Podcast- Episode 2- Cybersecurity, the Department of Defense, and the Private Sector/Government Contracting
Compliance Into The Weeds - Retreat on DoD Cybersecurity for Contractors
Cybersecurity and 889 Compliance in 2021: What Government Contractors Need to Know
Marti Arvin and Anthony Buenger on the CMMC Framework
COVID-19’s Impact on Cybersecurity – Don’t Let Your Data Privacy, Security and Regulatory Compliance Waver
Government Contracts Cyber Café Series: Documentation - Straight Talk About CMMC
CMMC Is Coming: Are You Ready?
Government Contracts Cyber Café: 2019 Wrap Up and Privacy, CMMC, and GRC in 2020
Government Contracts Cyber Café: Emerging Evolution of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
On October 11, 2024, the United States Department of Defense (DOD) published a final rule implementing its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, which is designed to verify that defense contractors are...more
The Inspector General (IG) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued a report critical of recent efforts by contractors to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The report, which followed the DOD IG's...more
The Department of Justice recently announced the launch of a Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, which has direct implications for government contractors and serves as a warning that slack cybersecurity practices will be a target...more
With the announcement of a revamped Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (known as CMMC 2.0),1 for the third time in five years, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced new, comprehensive cybersecurity standards...more
Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a Compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In today's episode, Matt and I take a look at the...more
The world is awash in data, and the amount of data continues to grow at an astounding rate. According to some estimates, global data storage will amount to more than 200 zettabytes by 2025. When you consider that one...more
On January 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) released Version 1.0 of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) framework (CMMC overview here; CMMC Version 1.0 and appendices here). By 2026, DoD...more
- DoD has released the final version of the CMMC framework. - DoD anticipates that CMMC requirements will appear in a limited number of solicitations starting in October 2020 and that they will appear in all DoD...more
On January 30, the US Department of Defense (DoD) released version 1.0 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework, which will require DoD contractors and subcontractors to obtain third-party...more
2019 has been a year of pivotal developments for defense contractors in the realm of cybersecurity compliance. The Department of Defense (DoD) issued six guidance memoranda to assist its acquisition personnel in developing...more
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is forging ahead in its plan to adopt a new framework for cybersecurity, with significant ramifications for all defense contractors, including subcontractors. On November 8, 2019, DOD...more
In the face of increasing concern over the security of Navy and Marine Corps (Navy) programs, the Navy Marine Corps Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NMCARS) was updated on September 6, 2019 to incorporate significant...more
Earlier this year, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Logistics Kevin Fahey announced that the Department of Defense (“DoD”) was working with Carnegie Mellon University and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics...more
As we reported last month, the Department of Defense (DoD) has been engaging in an unusual rollout of its new cybersecurity certification program by way of road tours—led by Katie Arrington, the Special Assistant to the...more
The defense contractor community is buzzing about a recent announcement by Katie Arrington, the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition for Cybersecurity. The announcement? The costs of...more