Many defense contractors outsource their IT to a Managed Service Provider (MSP), who generally deliver the IT required and allows a business to focus on their core competency. IT managed services through MSP’s have been around for a long time […]
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The Department of Defense (DOD) has provided Florida’s business community with a $22 billion opportunity, but there’s a catch. Before Florida’s prime and sub-contractor defense companies can win those contracts; they must meet cybersecurity regulations. These standards have become minimums that
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On the heels of Solarigate and Hafnium, companies are once again evaluating their overall IT and security posture. While ransomware has grabbed much of the attention over the past three years, it’s increasingly obvious nation state-related attacks infiltrating organizations and
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The SolarWinds hack and the subsequent Senate hearings attended by principal players in that event have made supply chain cybersecurity a national discussion. Some of the questions being asked suggest that America is for the first time considering how to protect
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Yesterday, Richard Wakeman, Senior Director – Aerospace and Defense at Microsoft, provided a terrific update to his 2019 blog post, Understanding Compliance Between Microsoft 365 Commercial, GCC, GCC-High and DOD Offerings, providing a lot of additional detail, and answering many
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The US government, through the lead agency, the Department of Defense (DOD) is implementing a new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirement for all private-sector businesses that work with the DOD, and now we understand that the standard will be
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CyberSheath is excited to announce the availability of a new service offering specifically designed for Defense Contractors required to ensure compliance from their managed IT providers. This new Managed IT Services for Defense Contractors future-proofs your environment to changes in
The Department of Defense (DOD) suppliers were notified at the end of September about the new DFARS Interim Rule designed to collect NIST 800-171 assessment scores from all DOD contractors through submittal to the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS). As mentioned in a
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Scrutiny of CMMC DIB cybersecurity and DIB compliance has never been higher. The costs and impacts of security lapses are on full display in the wake of the SolarWinds breach, as federal agencies continue to investigate the full scale of
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SolarWinds, with more than 300,000 global clients, including many federal agencies in the United States and mostly Fortune 500 companies, unknowingly released a software update that included malware providing hackers unobstructed remote access to victim networks. The magnitude of this
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