This article from law firm Holland & Knight LLP is a useful read for my EU and UK defence colleagues, required to comply with the DoW CMMC program. It’s a rendition of CMMC affirmation, compliance, and what it means for…
Russian Military Intelligence threat actors Sandworm were likely behind cyberattacks on Poland’s power networks in December 2025. Milosz Motyka, Poland’s energy minister, told reporters January 13 that the cyberattack on the country’s power system in the final week of December…
The old ones are the best, an important read for CMMC from the DoW. The DoW has published Guidance on the 15th January 2025 on applying the determination of the appropriate CMMC assessment by requiring activities. A requiring activity is…
It is an important debate. Cyber is the biggest threat to the UK economy outside of kinetic conflict with Russia. Cyber attacks are the biggest economic threats we face, with a £27 billion cost to the UK economy. Cyber attacks…
A great, balanced article concentrating on the recent US military operation in Venezuela and the overwhelming superiority of US military capabilities used to execute the mission. What does it tell us about the future of war? One appreciates ‘Left of…
16 minutes well worth finding in your diary, if you are a US DoW DIB supplier. What does this mean for US DIB manufacturers nationally and globally? A very clear message from the US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on…
Who cares about kinetic warfare when the hybrid war is what will destroy us? What is the UK’s defensive cyber strategy? How is the UK going to enable the UK industry to protect itself from cyber attacks? We’ve recently seen…
CMMC is starting to find its way into US DoW contracts. But I’m not sure deployment is going to be easy if contracts start to get the treatment that this one has got. To deliver a Dive Trailer, CMMC compliance…
Like Turkeys voting for Christmas, like the UK government voting to implement its own cyber resilience bill. The EU equivalent regulation NIS2 covers the public sector. Public sector cyber resilience is critical for National security and as we have seen…
The release by the US President of the enclosed Executive Order, ‘Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting’, is an important read for the Global US Defence Industry Base (DIB). As the President targets cost, quality, and delivery of US Defence…
