DoD Adding New Arrows to Contracting Officers’ Quivers (via SPRS)

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!

2022 Year End CMMC Program Status Update

2022 saw a lot of changes to the CMMC program, and even to the government’s approach to supply chain cybersecurity. In this post, we summarize some of the key DoD-related changes in an effort to help contractors understand what they will likely encounter in 2023.

Rule Change is Imminent. Are You Ready?

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

Are Contractors Authorized to Mark Legacy Information or Unmarked Information as CUI?

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.

NIST SP 800-171/CMMC 2.0 Self-Assessment Tool Updated to Include Automated FAR and Above and SPRS Scoring, and More

We are excited to announce the release of the new version of our CMMC 2.0/NIST SP 800-171 Self-Assessment Tool. This version includes automated FAR and Above and SPRS scoring and much more!