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Outsourcing Services: An Increasingly Common Origin for Insider Threats in the Supply Chain

Ankura on 9/28/2022

On May 10, 2022, a former Coca-Cola chemist was sentenced to 14 years in prison for selling trade secrets to a Chinese government-backed corporation. This example demonstrates the way the supply chain increasingly presents...more

What Does the Internet Of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act Mean For Government Contractors?

Husch Blackwell LLP on 12/16/2020

On December 4, 2020 the President signed into law the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020, Pub. L. No. 116-207 (the “IoT Act”). The legislative purpose behind the new law is to ensure the highest level of cybersecurity...more

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/20/2018

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

The Risks and Implications of Failing to Comply with U.S. Government Cyber and IT Requirements

Troutman Pepper on 2/2/2017

This article summarizes some of the many risks and implications that are associated with failing to comply with U.S. government-unique cyber and information technology requirements. We are often asked by small and...more

Expanding Cybersecurity Safeguarding Requirements, Reporting Obligations, and Cloud-Based Security: A Brief Guide to Understanding...

McCarter & English, LLP on 11/6/2015

The United States Department of Defense promulgated an “interim” rule, effective August 26, 2015, which placed imposing and costly burdens on all DoD contractors and subcontractors (including small businesses and commercial...more

DoD's New Cybersecurity and Cloud Standards and Reporting Requirements

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/31/2015

The Department of Defense (DoD) released interim rules implementing provisions of the 2013 and 2015 National Defense Authorization Acts. The rules, released on Aug. 26, 2015, are effective immediately and establish the...more

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