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…
The Defense industry is in the crosshairs of the US President. Who claims the industry is not moving quickly enough to deliver weapon systems? At the same time issuing dividends, share buy-backs, and excessive executive pay. At the detriment of investing…
Cyber attacks do that. JLR announces a fall in sales by as much as 40%, following the 2025 cyber attack. Resulting in a quarterly loss of $500million. Cybersecurity requires boards to take their oversight and assurance of cybersecurity seriously. US…
Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is pressing ahead with the implementation of NIS2, under its leadership for cybersecurity and responsibility for the protection of the nation’s infrastructure. The BSI estimates that over 29,500 companies and institutions in Germany…
The UK Government’s Cabinet Office has published its Cyber Action plan to deliver accountability, support, services, response, recovery, and skills for cybersecurity across UK Government services. The action plan outlines a 3-year program for building, scaling, and enhancing cybersecurity for…
Cyber education is important, but cybersecurity is more complex. Education, awareness, and culture associated with cybersecurity are one issue; funding, skills, and risk mitigation programs are also key to the management of cybersecurity. @Thaddeus Dziekanowski Brian D. McCarthy #cyberriskmanagement #nationalsecurity…
Cyber is a weapon; it has been used time and time again by threat actors to target CNI for financial gain. It should be of no surprise that nation-states use of cyber as a tool for tactical advantage. It is…
For those interested in the US DoW CMMC program and are covered by the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program, then this is worth consideration. As CMMC compliance may be a corporate differentiator for doing business with the U.S DoW under…
Greece has suspended arrival and departure flights from its airports due to issues with radio frequencies. Highlighting the effects on Critical National Infrastructure, resilience and national security, in the event of system issues. @Thaddeus Dziekanowski Brian D. McCarthy Hellenic Civil…
The pace at which CMMC is moving out across the DoW and its branches is increasing. We are starting to see DoW branches require CMMC requirements in specific solicitations, notices affirming that CMMC will be added into solicitations, and, as…
