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Beyond SSP’s and POA&Ms; Successfully Implementing the NIST 800-171 Security Requirements

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The recently announced Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) scheduled for completion by January 2020 has many DOD contractors scrambling to anticipate how to prepare. While there are many unknowns regarding what the CMMC will ultimately look like, DOD contractors should focus on what is already known and currently mandatory with DFARS 252.204-7012, which requires the implementation of NIST 800-171. Stop trying to read the tea leaves and doing the bare minimum by writing System Security Plans (SSP’s) and start implementing the 110 security requirements of NIST 800-171. Demonstrable action, that is NIST 800-171 control implementation, is the best way to prepare for the CMMC.

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Recent News: Act Now to Achieve NIST 800-171 Compliance or Risk Your Ability to Contract with the DOD

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The window of opportunity for achieving compliance with DFARS 252.204-7012, which requires the implementation of NIST 800-171 across the DOD supply chain, continues to get smaller as the ability to self-certify is set to expire.

CyberSheath attended the Professional Service Council’s 2019 Federal Acquisition Conference where Special Assistant to DOD’s Assistant Secretary of Defense Acquisition for Cyber Katie Arrington stated clearly that “…cost, schedule, and performance cannot be traded for security.” Security is the foundation of defense acquisition.

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DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171 Compliance: What Defense Contractors Need to Know

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With the Department of Defense (DOD) promising the release of an update to NIST Special Publication 800-171, it is imperative defense contractors understand what DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171 Clause is and how noncompliance with the Clause will impact their business.

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Compliance with DFARS 252.204-7012 & NIST 800-171; Expect 2019 to be the year of audit and enforcement

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In 2019 Prime and Subcontractors can expect to be audited against actual implementation the DFARS 252.204-7012 & NIST 800-171 security requirements. For those taking a wait and see approach to the impact of your ability to do business with the DOD without implementing NIST 800-171; you just got your answer, 2019 will be a year of reckoning for non-compliant Prime and subcontractors. With the ability to request a contractor’s plan to track flow down of Covered Defense Information (CDI) and request the contractor’s plan to assess the compliance of their own suppliers, Prime contractors are expected to document and demonstrate enforcement of their own supply chain’s compliance. If you have delayed documenting your SSP, POA&Ms or actually implementing the NIST 800-171 requirements, CyberSheath can lead your efforts to achieve compliance by conducting a gap assessment of your compliance with NIST 800-171, writing the required System Security Plan (SSP) and leading your implementation efforts.

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Learn the Basics of Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

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As a subcontractor on a Department of Defense contract, you have likely had flow down requirements from your primes related to DFARS clause 252.204-7012, commonly referred to as NIST 800-171. Learn more about these two requirements and achieve compliance before the December 2017 mandate.

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Measure Once, Comply Many® — Cybersecurity Compliance As a Natural Outcome of Operational Security

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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

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