The U.S. Department of Defense published its Network Penetration Reporting and Cloud Computing Services regulations as an interim rule in August 2015 and updated them in December 2015. Watch this new webinar replay at your convenience to learn about the regulations, how they may impact your business, and the concerns of industry groups. Click HERE to watch the webinar in its entirety.
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On June 4, 2015, the Office of Personnel Management announced that personally identifiable information for 4 million current and retired U.S. Government employees had been breached. China was suspected of having facilitated the breach.
Two weeks later, after the number of data breach victims had risen to 14 million, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published its new Guidelines for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations, NIST Special Publication 800-171.
DoD recently published answers to 43 frequently asked questions on the Department of Defense Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services regulations. The FAQs document is available here. In addition, you can read our blogs posts on the new regulations below.
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*This is the fourth post in a four-part series detailing steps to help contractors meet compliance obligations under the new cyber security regulations implemented by the Department of Defense on Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services. (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) Parts 202, 204, 212, 239, and 252.)
Today’s post provides a compliance checklist for contracting for cloud services regulations relating to the new DoD cyber security regulations and also details the ramifications for failure to comply
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*This is the third post in a four-part series detailing steps to help contractors meet compliance obligations under the new cyber security regulations implemented by the Department of Defense on Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services. (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) Parts 202, 204, 212, 239, and 252.)
Today’s post provides a handy compliance checklist relating to the new DoD cyber security regulations.
*This is the second post in a four-part series detailing steps to help contractors meet compliance obligations under the new cyber security regulations implemented by the Department of Defense on Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services. (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) Parts 202, 204, 212, 239, and 252.)
Today’s post defines key terms relating to new DoD cyber security regulations.
The regulations introduce several new key terms. Some of the terms appear vague and may impose more
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*This is the first post in a four-part series detailing steps to help contractors meet compliance obligations under the new cyber security regulations implemented by the Department of Defense (“DoD”) on Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services. (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) Parts 202, 204, 212, 239, and 252.)
Today’s post provides an introduction to the new DoD cyber security regulations.
The DoD decided to implement the new cyber security regulations, and make them effective immediately upon
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