Cybersecurity deadline that affects Kitsap defense contractors looms | Opinion

Starting Nov. 10, contractors for the Department of Defense must comply with cybersecurity rules or risk losing contracts.
Inside Defense

DOD announces final rule on CMMC implementation

The final rule will ensure DOD procurements “will include CMMC assessment requirements that ensure defense contractors properly safeguard the Department’s Federal Contract Information (FCI) and ...
JD Supra

Not Just for DoD Anymore: New Proposed CUI Rule to Apply to All Federal Contractors

On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued a proposed rule that, if adopted, would uniformly define and protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) across the ...
JD Supra

Cybersecurity Certification Rule Finalized: What Defense Contractors Need to Know

A final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) is on track to go into effect on November ...
Homeland Security Today

DoD Releases Final Rule for CMMC Program to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Defense Contracts

The Department of Defense (DoD) has officially published the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program to ensure defense contractors meet rigorous security standards when handling ...
FedScoop

Industry groups press DOD for more information on CMMC

A collection of government contractor trade groups say the lack of information about the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification from the Department of Defense could soon have serious financial ...
FedScoop

DOD not meeting same standards it plans to hold contractors to under CMMC

The Pentagon established new requirements under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 program to hold contractors to better protecting sensitive defense data. But the Department of ...
Bleeping Computer

DoD to Require Cybersecurity Certification From Defense Contractors

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced that defense contractors will have to meet a basic level of cybersecurity standards when replying to a government acquisition program's request ...
Homeland Security Today

GAO Finds Varying Cybersecurity Controls at DOD

Sailors assigned to Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command monitor, analyze, detect and respond to unauthorized activity within U.S. Navy information systems and computer networks. NCDOC is responsible ...
Drexel University

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)

CUI was defined in Executive Order 13556 [PDF] as information held by or generated for the Federal Government that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls pursuant to and consistent with ...
Nextgov

GAO: Defense Department Isn’t Doing Enough to Protect Sensitive Information

Defense Department IT systems were not fully compliant in any of four major cybersecurity requirement areas for controlled unclassified information systems as of January 2022, according to an audit ...