Some DoD contractors are making significant investments to enhance their cybersecurity. This article discusses an approach those contractors can use to help increase the ROI for that work and win more contracts.
NIST released a discussion draft of SP 800-171 Rev 3 late last week. This article describes the impact that discussion draft will likely have on DoD’s CMMC program and provides some insights for contractors who are proactively preparing for Rev 3’s (eventual) release.
The recently published DFARS 252.204-7024 clause allows DoD contracting officers to consider a LOT of attributes when awarding contracts. But, as explored in this article, it does NOT give them the ability to set minimum SPRS scores for contractors.
DoD published a notice that DFARS 252.204-7024 will soon be published. This new clause requires contracting officers to consider supply chain risk and SPRS-reported risk information, as part of the award decisions. Click through for additional information!
DoD is amending the DFARS to add SPRS score values (rather than simply the submission of a self-assessment score to SPRS) as part of the contract evaluation and award process.
Our automated SPRS and FAR and Above scoring tool has been downloaded over 11,000 times since the first version was (more…)
The United States Department of Defense (“DoD”) has begun its “Joint Surveillance Program” in conjunction with the CyberAB, the organization (more…)
The CMMC Implementation Conference is being held January 18-20 at the beautiful University of San Diego. Chock full of valuable tips and tools for business owners, service providers, and those charged with implementing the CMMC requirements, CIC2023 is NOT your ordinary CMMC conference. Learn how to Stop Talking. Start Doing. You can even take CCP or (the first ever) CCA training classes before the conference and reinforce your learning at the conference! Register today at https://CIC2023.org
There is a LOT of confusion in the contractor community over whether contractors have the authority to take it upon themselves to mark legacy information (e.g., FOUO, SBU, etc.) or unmarked information as CUI. In this article, we do a quick analysis based on the governing regulation and agency memorandum.
Is a contractor’s system security plan (“SSP”) Controlled Unclassified Information (“CUI”)? The answer depends on who is asking the question.