In remarks on October 13, 2021, at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) National Cybersecurity Summit, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton fleshed out the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) thinking regarding the nature of the cybersecurity failures that are likely targets for potential False Claims Act (“FCA”)1 enforcement under the Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative
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DoD Releases Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 1.0—Once It’s Effective, Thousands of DoD Contractors, Suppliers Must Be Certified as Prerequisite to Contracting
By Marcia Madsen & David A. Simon on
On January 31, 2020, the US Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) released Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Version 1.0. DoD developed the CMMC to provide a unified cybersecurity standard for defense contractors and suppliers across all of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), which,…
DoD Updates Draft Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification—300,000+ DoD Contractors and Subcontractors Required to Be Certified as a Prerequisite to Contracting
On November 7, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) released Draft Version 0.6 of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) for public comment. According to DoD’s overview briefing, the CMMC was created to provide “a unified cybersecurity standard for DoD acquisitions to…
Recent Increases to DoD Contractors’ Cyber Security Reporting Obligations
By Luke Levasseur & Marcia Madsen on
In a bylined article, Government Contracts partner Marcia Madsen and Litigation & Dispute Resolution counsel Luke Levasseur (both Washington DC) examine DoD contractors’ cyber security compliance obligations.