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DoD’s New Instruction on Labelling Controlled Technical Information
Most defense contractors have been complaining about the lack of specificity of how to protect controlled technical information or CTI. DoD has just released instructions clarifying the rules around protecting CTI. Learn more here.
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 Update for August 2023
NIST has released a draft version of the next update to the core standard behind CMMC. If you do work for the US, Canadian or Australian defense departments or are a vendor to one of these organizations or if you are a vendor to a large US corporation, this standard and these changes are important…
The Challenges of Printing CUI
As the Defense Department moves to more tightly control how Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is handled, contractors are going to need to deal with how documents that contain CUI such as drawings or deliverables are printed. Listen to this short explanation of what is going to be required. If you have questions, please contact us….
DoJ (CMMC) False Claims Lawsuit Against Georgia Tech
In 2021 the DoJ announced the Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative to go after companies that lie about their cybersecurity practices. Under the False Claims Act, the government can recover damages and more. The “damage” could be as simple as we would not have given you the contract if we knew that you were not complying…
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…
What is Required for CMMC Level 1 Compliance?
Over the last couple of years we have talked a lot about what is required for CMMC Level 2 certification, but a lot more companies will need to be CMMC Level 1 certified. What is required for this?