Thank you Brian D. McCarthy for providing the enclosed. The DoD issued a deviation to the current DFARS 252.204-7012 updating NIST compliance to NIST SP 800-171 R2. It is unclear how many defense contractors are required to comply with DFAR…
One suspects that cases being bought under False Claims Act against DoD contracts and DFARs compliance are being held back by resource constraints. But cases are being unsealed and as one who has paid close attention to the DoDs cybersecurity…
200 violations of the Arms Export Control Act have resulted in a settlement by Boeing of $51 million. Following Boeing declaring that its international employees and contractors had been violating the law. With employees in China downloading data on the…
A False Claims Act(FCA) case against Georgia Tech, filed in July 2022 has been unsealed. In 2022 employees of Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) filled an FCA claim alleging that Georgia Tech (GTRC, GIT and GTRI) did not provide adequate…
Thank you for sharing Olaf Classen. One suspects that there’s more to this hack than that effecting the Swiss Airforce. The affected contractor ‘Ultra Intelligence & Communications’ offers mission critical communications solutions to several national defense agencies, the DoD included.…
Happy Christmas to the European Defense Defense Industry Base (DIB), as the U.S DoD will publish the proposed CMMC rule on the 26.12.23. The DoD has not cut many bunches, CMMC will apply to international defense contractors (page 37),…
If it is correct and GE were hacked, and data was stolen belonging to GE and DARPA. Was the data breach also a breach of contract under DFARS 252.204-7012, requiring the implementation of NIST cyber standards? Ted Dziekanowski Brian D.…
The U.S arm of Australian based ship builder, defense contractor and public corporation Austal, has reported a cyber incident. One of several that have affected the company over the past 5 years. It’s not the first defense ship builder affected…
As discussed previously, those defense contractors effected by DFARS 7012 from December 2017 and effected by the SEC final cyber rule. (Including subcontractors). May consider the recent SEC charges against SolarWinds. The DoD required contractor to submit their NIST 171…
The long awaited outcome of CMMC is reaching its climatic conclusion. One hopes the rule addresses 1. The requirements for international DIB compliance. 2. The expectations for oversight of the International DIB. 3. The penalties for non-compliance. 4. Alignment to…
