What We Can Learn From the SolarWinds Breach
SolarWinds, a network management software company, found itself the direct victim of an insidious malware breach last week that had been in the works for months. The hack involved the installation of malware onto an updated version of their software,…
Binary New Cybersecurity Compliance Requirements for Government Contractors
SPECIAL FROM AFFILIATE MEMBER To address increasing cybersecurity risk to government contractors that are defense suppliers (collectively the Defense Industrial Base, or DIB), the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is aggressively implementing an enhanced cybersecurity compliance regime to protect sensitive…
Explaining the DoD’s New Cybersecurity Certification
By 2026, any contractor that works with the Department of Defense must meet the standards set by version 1.0 of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). The Pentagon released the new standards on Jan 31, which will require third-party certification…