The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Swiss Automation Inc has agreed to pay $421,234 to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations…

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Swiss Automation Inc has agreed to pay $421,234 to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations relating to its failure to provide adequate cybersecurity for certain drawings of parts that the company machined and supplied to the Department of Defense (DoD) prime contractor.

The fine is one indication of the DoJs oversight of the Defence Industry Base and its compliance to DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171.

Note the wording in the DoJ Settlement notification
protect certain DoD information has applied to DoD contracts, subcontracts, and similar contractual instruments since 2017 and will continue under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program that DoD recently finalized.

The settlement notice is detailed and should be read by covered defence contractors. With CMMC now a regulated requirement, compliance with DFARS 252.204-7012 from 2017, as the allegations describe.

“We will hold contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers accountable when they fall short of their cybersecurity obligations to the Department of Defense.”

The settlement notice announcement can be found here:

https://lnkd.in/eCK94rBq

@Thaddeus Dziekanowski Brian D. McCarthy

Veritas GRC

#cybersecurity #nationalsecurity #cmmc

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