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Defense Contractor Settles False Claims Act Suit
The feds sued MORSECorp under the False Claims Act alleging that they lied about their NIST 800-171/CMMC compliance, posted false SPRS scores and generally inflated their cybersecurity readiness. The DoJ is rumored to be working on anywhere from dozens to hundreds of these cases. They have an entire division called the Cyber Civil Fraud Initiative…
Security News Update for April 6, 2025
This week’s news includes:
CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 Update for May 2024
There is news this month on both fronts – there is progress being made in the CMMC arena and NIST has released 800-171 Rev 3. What do these mean for you? Listen here.
NIST SP 800-171 Update for July 2023
800-171 is the government’s chosen cybersecurity standard for protecting controlled unclassified information (CUI) and is the standard is required by a number of government departments and by private industry as a matter of contract for protecting sensitive unclassified information. Learn more about this new version of the standard here.
Creating a PIEE/SPRS Account and Entering Your Score
Here are two videos; the first one shows you how to create an SPRS account; the second shows how to enter a new score. NOTE: You will see that I got an error on the PIEE administrator role in the first setup. That may be due to the fact that I already have an account…
DoD CMMC Update for July 2023
CMMC or the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification passed a huge milestone this week when the Pentagon handed of the proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget. After they approve the package, it gets published in the Federal Register for comment and implementation. Learn more about the remaining steps below.