On the 29th of September 2020 the US Department of Defence released its Interim Final Ruling (ruling) for DFARS Case D041, effective 30th November 2020. Improving the protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and Federal Contract Information (FCI) across the…
A great article to understand Chinas approach to cyber security, data, and the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the ‘leader of everything’. Who has the stated aim of leading economic development, and data has become key to…
Cyber insurance. Is the industry writing more cheques than it can afford to underwrite? Premiums for cyber insurance aren’t high enough to adequately underwrite cover in the event of a sustained systemic cyber incident. The stats make for an interesting…
Thanks for sharing John Weiler CMMC-CoE, TBM, Agile Acquisition. It is very useful for those of us outside of the US to be able to see what is happening in its legislative space. As cyber legislation develops globally, predominantly in…
Data security is a complex and critically important issue for national security and economic prosperity. The UKs economy is service orientated, quite simply we cut much less metal than we used to. We are heavily reliant on the 1s and…
DFARS rule changes and CMMC cyber standards are leaving the starting gate. Now that it is moving forward and is likely over the next 4 years to be embedded into the US defence supply chain. Questions are being asked about…
An important read if you are interested in cyber regulation and supply chain security. CMMC has been on the radar for many months and with the release last week of the interim ruling and the ‘Unpublished’ release yesterday by the…
Skunk works on Steroids: This is one to watch if you are in cyber, procurement and manufacturing. As the US DoD has taken a new approach to the design, development and testing of its defence systems. In this case, it…
The National Institute for Science and technology (NIST) released Revision 5 of its NIST 800 – 53 standard this week. A tomb of a document at 483 pages, but one often seen as a foundation for security practices and controls.…
Thanks for sharing this Kris Carter, it is interesting that the review request for the 17.09 release was an emergency one. Maybe adding a little speed to its release? With clarity around its release, putting pressure on the DoD supply…
