Working as a contractor for the DoD requires compliance with the DFARS 252.204-7012 rules, which are based on the globally recognized NIST 800-171 guidelines. Meeting these rules is not a one-time [...]
DFARS 252.204-7012 Security Requirement 3.12.4 requires contractors of the Department of Defense to create and regularly update a system security plan. This plan should describe the boundaries of [...]
Keeping up with the demands of compliance is a constant challenge, especially for companies operating in a highly regulated sector like the Defense Industrial Base. DFARS 252.204-7012 compliance, [...]
Every business faces a unique set of risks across a number of key domains. If your company stores, processes, or transmits controlled unclassified information (CUI) in the capacity of a defense [...]
In the days of widespread virtualization and cloud computing, it might seem physical security is no longer as relevant as it once was. However, this is simply not the case. All data has to live [...]
There’s a wide range of cybersecurity tools that organizations can use to reduce the risks of data compromise. However, there’s an equally wide variety of cyberthreats, and staying ahead of these [...]
The DFARS 252.204-7012 clause sets high standards governing the protection, sanitization, and secure destruction of controlled unclassified information (CUI). Compliance is mandatory for any [...]
Unscheduled downtime costs businesses millions of dollars every year, but lost productivity is not the only threat. Maintaining the integrity of any information-bearing system is also essential for [...]
Organizations should not wait for a security incident to happen before developing an incident response (IR) plan. Some organizations, however, neglect to develop an IR plan due to plain old [...]
Identification and authentication is one of the central pillars of any cybersecurity strategy, and it is essential to achieving compliance with the DFARS 252.204-7012 clause. Based on NIST SP 800 [...]
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