An important read. Strong words from SEC commissionaire Hester Peirce, following the announcement to fine E&Y $100m for its unethical behavior in managing audit professional continuing education and the material misleading response made to the SEC following its requests for…
The CISA website has plenty of CSF profiles and an implementation guide for CSF profiles for the Defence Industry Base (DIB). CSF profiles are required by FISMA (and the DoD – DoDi 8510.01) and implemented by the SEC. I wonder…
The SEC has fined E&Y $100Million for cheating by its audit professionals on exams required to obtain and maintain Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licenses, and for withholding evidence of this misconduct from the SECs Enforcement Division. () In addition to…
Ted Dziekanowski DFARS 252.204-7012 says that organisations that use cloud must be equivalent to FEDRAMP moderate and those that use cloud computing services that are part of an Information Technology service or system operated on behalf of the Government must…
I started my career many years ago working in what we now call AI, developing Knowledge Based Systems (KBS/ KBE) for complex manufacturing processes in the Aerospace and Defence sector. It helped me understand the models we created were only…
Crypto fund defaults on a $670 Million loan to be paid is cash and cryptocurrency. The markets have not been good to crypto over the past 2 months drawing liquidity out of the market. Where once big bets were made…
In my view the DoD is laying the ground work for the CMMC program. Reaffirming DFARS clause 252.204-7012, the implementation of NIST SP 800-171 at a minimum, and the penalties for non compliance. Penalties that Include withholding progress payments; foregoing…
Will Chinese sentiment to Bitcoin set its future value. China is not constrained by Western values and can make decisions that affect economic sentiment in days rather than months. This is one to watch. #crypto #cryptocurrency View Original Post
One step at a time for U.S. DoD DIB contractors. As the DoD publishes a memo reminding contracting officers to enforce penalties for contractors that fail to comply with DFARS clause 252.204-7012 Ted Dziekanowski. That alongside DFARS 252.204-7019 and DFARS…
For those that can get to this article from the Wall Street Journal it is well worth reading. It discuses the challenges ahead for the funding of cyber tech across Series A, B and C and cross over funding. With…
