The defence industry is starting to see the effects of DFARS cybersecurity requirements across United States Department of War defence procurement. Effects that create opportunities and issues for both the DoW and defence contractors. As the enclosed contract solicitation on…
An employee of US defence contractor L3 Harris has been sentenced to 87 Months for selling hacking and surveillance tools to a Russian broker while working for defence contractor L3 Harris. The software that he sold to a Russian…
With modular defense prototyping and production being the way forward, cybersecurity compliance becomes an increasingly important capability. Albeit for those contractors wanting to deal with the United States Department of War they have to deal with CMMC first, before they…
US Defence contractors are moving onshore as tariffs, regulations, and made in America is driving the onshore decision. One wonders what happens as CMMC starts to bite into the Global DIB. Small contractors are reporting that they are finding it…
The US DoD CMMC program is starting to come home to roost for both the DoW and SMEs, putting both between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, the DoW’s mission to protect national security is put at…
AI and Cybersecurity equals targeted autonomous cyberattacks at speed and impacts on National Security. Dave Schroeder @Thaddeus Dziekanowski @Parava Security Solutions #artificalintelligence #nationalsecurity View Original Post
For those in the know, @Thaddeus Dziekanowski, the US already has the power to affect the EU defence industry and suppliers to the Dow and US DIB. The DoW only has to audit EU DIB compliance to DFARS 252.204-7012 under…
I lead a boring life. A life that seems to identify the challenges and opportunities the DoWs global Defence Industry Base faces with cybersecurity compliance. The enclosed document is a ‘very’ important read If you are a US defence contractor.…
Of course they are………as the importance of cybersecurity to national security is felt, an easy source of defence advantage comes from the DIB. Countless Congressional Committee hearings have made clear that nation-state threat actors target the DIB. The United States…
The US DoW CMMC program is gradually making its way into DIB contracts, and as long as the DoW stays on mission to require its contractors manage cybersecurity risk, it will continue to do so. I say ‘as long as’,…
