Podcast - Cybersecurity Roundup: Analyzing New and Proposed Rules for Contractors
Cybersecurity Insights: Updates on CMMC Implementation and CUI Identification
Podcast - Third-Party Assessments and NIST SP 800-171
Third-Party Assessments and NIST SP 800-171
[Podcast] AI Risk Management: A Discussion with NIST’s Elham Tabassi on the NIST AI Risk Management Framework
Compliance into the Weeds - ChatGPT for the Compliance Professional
Nota Bene Episode 150: Building an AI Risk Management Framework with Siraj Husain
DoD Cyber: A Conversation with Melissa Vice, COO for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Year in Review: Major Breaches, Changes in the Law, and Upcoming Trends
The Government Contracts Cyber Café: Recent Developments Update
How to Respond to President Obama's Cybersecurity Executive Order
On June 6, 2025, President Trump issued a new executive order, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144” (EO), signaling the construction...more
Last week, the Trump administration made its priorities clear for the nation’s cybersecurity posture in the form of the newly issued executive order entitled “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity...more
A recent breach involving Indian fintech company Kirana Pro serves as a reminder to organizations worldwide: even the most sophisticated cybersecurity technology cannot make up for poor administrative data security hygiene....more
The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) have issued an...more
During the Biden administration, there was a push to prioritize and modernize cybersecurity responses, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) agreed to work with the technology industry to develop a new...more
On May 22 2025, the cybersecurity agencies from the US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand published a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CIS) on ensuring that data used to train and use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine...more
Government contractors regularly handle sensitive federal data, and cybersecurity compliance is no longer optional—it’s mandatory. A recent settlement between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and defense contractor Raytheon...more
The National Security Agency’s Artificial Intelligence, Security Center (AISC), together with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Australian Signals...more
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-covered entities and business associates should be familiar with restrictions on the use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA rules....more
Encryption is one of several cornerstones of a robust information security program. Articles on quantum computing often include the compelling narrative that encryption is at risk, but as with any revolutionary technology,...more
In 2023, an Australian mayor was getting ready to take legal action against OpenAI. The reason? The company’s chatbot, ChatGPT, shared a fake story about him being involved in a bribery scandal. ...more
Major changes are coming again to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ("FedRAMP"), the federal government's cybersecurity authorization program for cloud service providers ("CSPs")....more
In a striking move at the end of March, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a $4.6 million settlement with MORSE Corp Inc. (“MORSE”), a defense contractor based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for falsely certifying...more
While some areas of white-collar enforcement have been deprioritized by the Trump Administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ) remains committed to its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative as demonstrated by two recent False...more
Quantum computing (QC) is poised to disrupt cybersecurity in ways that business leaders and legal professionals cannot afford to ignore. But what exactly is quantum computing, why does it pose such a significant threat to...more
For community associations, this is especially important as these organizations often manage large amounts of PII of homeowners and residents (e.g., name, address, phone number, etc.), including certain categories of...more
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in healthcare is revolutionizing the industry, bringing efficiencies to the practice of medicine and benefits to patients. However, the negotiation of third-party AI tools...more
Members of the health care and financial industries, along with other industries that hold sensitive data, are warned that a ChatGPT vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors to attack security flaws in AI...more
Organizations seeking to improve their cybersecurity posture in 2025 must assess what happens after an incident has occurred, and how an incident response team will be able to mobilize to respond. This article provides...more
The maritime industry has become a prime target for hackers. In the last few years, it has seen a steep increase in the number of shipping-related cyberattacks. The recent surge marks a new and pressing challenge for ports...more
FCC Solicits Comment on Amending Accessibility Rules for IVCS: In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) requests further comment on whether to amend its...more
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) final rule implements President Biden’s Executive Order 14117 of February 28, 2024, on “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data...more
The World Economic Forum has stated that 88 percent of C-suite executives indicated that adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in their companies is a key initiative for 2025. Companies are pivoting from merely testing AI to...more
On November 22, 2024, Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC) released Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Professional Practice, a practice advisory for EGBC registrants that provides guidelines on the use of...more
On January 15, 2025, the FAR Council finally released a proposed rule (the Rule)1 regulating the use and handling of controlled unclassified information (CUI) as a part of the general strategy to reduce threats of...more