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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DoD to Contracting Officers: Demand Compliance and Seek Consequences for Material Breaches of Cybersecurity Requirements by...

On June 16, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a memorandum to its contracting officers emphasizing their obligation to monitor compliance by DoD contractors with the cybersecurity requirements of their contracts....more

NAVEX

CMMC Is Coming: How Government Contractors Can Prepare

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People like to say that cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving. So perhaps it’s fitting that cybersecurity compliance is undergoing a significant evolution of its own this year, too. That evolution is the arrival of...more

Troutman Pepper

Government Contracts Cyber Café: 2019 Wrap Up and Privacy, CMMC, and GRC in 2020

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The Government Contracts Cyber Café provides coaching, training and analysis to help you work through the technical, legal, accounting and other requirements confronting your organization, with the goal of helping you achieve...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Vulnerable Systems: Contractor Protection of Controlled Unclassified Information at Risk

The Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General recently issued a report summarizing the findings of an audit into the protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) on contractor networks. Based on an in-depth...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOD and Other Agencies Seek to Enhance Contractors’ Cyber and Supply Chain Security

The Department of Defense (DOD) and its component services and agencies are taking several independent steps to assess and enhance their cyber and supply chain security that will directly or indirectly affect DOD contractors...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

DoD's Efforts to Secure Information on Contractor Systems Continues, But All Companies Are at Risk and Should Take Steps Now to...

As recent malware, ransomware and distributed denial of service attacks have made clear, the cyber threats posed to governments and commercial entities are real and growing. Critical infrastructure such as power plants,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Interim rule requires Department of Defense contractors to report cyber breaches

Companies doing business with the U.S. Department of Defense are facing new requirements for reporting data security breaches and for acquiring cloud computing services. The Interim Rule, effective August 26, 2015, amends the...more

King & Spalding

Defense Department Issues Interim Rule Requiring Contractor and Subcontractor Reporting of Cyber Incidents

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On August 26, 2015, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a long-awaited Interim Rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to require “rapid” reporting of “cyber incidents” that result in...more

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