Defense Contractors Need to Worry about FCI

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 update includes:

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…

This time, this is actually NOT click bait. Research shows that a third of all attacks exploit a known vulnerability for which there is a patch available but not installed. This time, it is believed that Russian hackers exploited this, stole data and shared it with the cartels. So that they could kill people that…

This week’s news includes:

This week’s security news includes: Country that bombs children (Russia) pleads for cyber treaty at UN President warns businesses to prepare for Russian cyberattacks Cisco Thousand Eyes Internet status dashboard HP reports vulnerabilities in 250 printer models Mesa County, Colorado Clerk and Deputy indicted on multiple felony counts related to election security Big Russian meat…