Defense Contractors Need to Worry about FCI

I don’t think this is what DoD is calling it, but in a public town hall meeting last week they changed the rules again. Defense contractors are just going to have to wait and see how this turns out. In the mean time, there is a very clear path that contractors need to take, so…

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This week’s security news includes: NSA is investigating whether Russia was responsible for Viasat hack Clearview AI doing something useful for a change BitConnect founder indicted in $2.4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme Russia-Ukraine war makes semiconductor problem worse NSA and CISA release Kubernetes hardening guide DoJ makes good on threat to prosecute using False Claims…

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The last piece of the CMMC puzzle, the publication of the CMMC DFARS rules has happened.  It appeared in the federal register at 12:01 AM this morning.  It goes into effect on November 10th and you should expect to see this updated DFARS clause(s) appear in RFPs and contracts after that date.  Existing contracts won’t…

This week’s news items include: Beware when Superbowl ads use QR codes While India bans Chinese apps due to security, the U.S. … Hackers planted fake digital evidence on devices belonging to activists CISA releases list of free cybersecurity tools and services Google Chrome enhanced safe browsing mode Google issues emergency Chrome patch for active…