If you don’t know about SolarWinds, then you haven’t been reading the news for the past six months. Last October 2020, it was reported that a widely-used networking tool that helps companies in the public and private sectors manage their Information Technology (IT) portfolios – SolarWinds Orion product — had been compromised. Publicly, it has
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Wondering Why Government Contractors Need to Take Cybersecurity Seriously – Criminals and Foreign Adversaries Are Trying to Hack You
Our blogs and alerts have reported on the increasing legislative and regulatory requirements to promote the security of the U.S. supply chain, including its cybersecurity. In the public sector, these requirements are being imposed to facilitate defense against activities that threaten the operations of the Government, its contractors and their industrial base supply chains, as…
Senate and House Make Progress in Passing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
A recent article on this blog reported on the contents of the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA), which had been rolled out of committee for consideration by the full Senate. The Senate has since passed its version (S. 4049) and the House has passed its…
Cybersecurity Supply Chain Developments – What’s Next for CMMC?
It is now June 2020. The Department of Defense (DoD) initially projected that, this month, it would issue ten pilot Requests for Information (RFIs) as part of its efforts to develop the means for its implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) under DoD contracts. To date we have not seen any of the…
Continuing Developments in Cybersecurity
The Government continues to take steps to address its Defense Industrial Base supply chain cybersecurity. Below are some of the emerging developments you should be following in this space:
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
Previously we reported on the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) activities to roll out a CMMC program. DoD has now rolled out…