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Navy Trying to Fix Their Cybersecurity Mess and Congress is Not Helping

After a horrifying independent review of the Navy’s current cybersecurity posture,  the Navy asked Congress to approve a new position of Assistant Secretary of the Navy to handle  cyber.  This comes after the Navy eliminated the role of CIO last year. Congress turned them down, so now they are going around Congress to create a […]

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GSA Proposing Changes To Fed Contracting CyberSec Rules

Defense contractors are wrestling with new contracting rules that went into place, sort of, as of December 31, 2017, with the requirement to be in compliance with NIST SP 800-171. NIST SP 800-171 defines over 100 cyber security requirements that defense contractors and sub-contractors must comply with.  Prime contractors must ensure that their subs are […]

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