For contractors in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) waiting to implement the necessary controls to comply with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, it’s time to act. The Department of Defense (DOD) submitted the proposed rule to the Office …
Preparing for CMMC 2.0: NSA’s Bailey Bickley Talks Strategy, Technology at CMMC CON 2023 Read More »
Compliance with federal regulations isn’t just about protecting our national security. Contractors within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) need to be aware of the implications data breaches have on their own organizations. Kevin Dolan, partner at Mullen Coughlin, which represents …
Data Privacy and the Law: Kevin Dolan Joins CMMC CON to Share Incident Response Trends Read More »
Running your business and focusing on your core competency as you work hard to service your clients can take all of your time. How do you make sure that you are protecting your company from cyber threats? If you have …
Phase one of securing your IT infrastructure should include protecting your endpoints and safeguarding your employees from phishing attempts. After you have implemented these controls, the next logical step is to launch a DNS filtering solution. What is DNS …
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Email is so ubiquitous in our everyday lives that it can be a challenge to always be on guard when receiving messages. Each day it’s not unheard of for each member of your team to have hundreds of messages land …
To understand just how consequential president Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity is for federal contractors, look no further than the Wall Street Journal article that bluntly explained how the new order will impact federal contractors: “Contractors that fail to comply with …
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 …
SolarWinds: DOD Has The Solution, Let’s Get On With It Read More »
Scrutiny of defense industrial base (DIB) cybersecurity 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 the …
Defense Industrial Base (DIB) C-Suite Perspectives on CMMC Read More »
In today’s digital world, no matter what type of sensitive data you handle, attackers are hard at work developing ways to access it. The rash of high-profile security breaches making headlines every day is clear evidence of the struggle businesses …
On December 31, 2017, the deadline for compliance with the NIST 800-171, a mandate for contractors serving local and federal governments, came and went. This Special Publication provided guidance on the processes and procedures needed to adequately safeguard controlled unclassified …
The Procrastinator’s Blueprint for NIST 800-171 Compliance Read More »
