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DoD Unveils Cybersecurity Strategy for Defense Industrial Base: What You Need to Know

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The United States Department of Defense (“DoD”) recently published its Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Strategy 2024. For context, the DIB is comprised of more than 100,000 domestic and foreign companies or...more

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New Security Rules for Organizations Supplying Software to the Federal Government

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The OMB has issued memorandum M-22-18 with new security requirements (the "Rules") requiring federal agencies to ensure that all third-party software they use complies with secure software development standards and guidance...more

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DoD Re-Emphasizes Commitment to Holding Contractors Accountable on Cybersecurity

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While the DoD charts a path forward on CMMC, the USG is emphasizing the need to comply with existing cyber obligations in government contracts and taking steps to enforce compliance with those obligations. The June 16 Memo...more

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White House Issues Executive Order on Improving Nation’s Cybersecurity

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Last week, the White House issued a new Executive Order (the “EO” or “Order”) on cybersecurity. The EO responds to ever-increasing malicious cyber campaigns threatening the public and private sectors and the American people’s...more

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President Biden Announces Sweeping New Cybersecurity Reforms

The President’s new Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity includes wide-ranging measures intended to strengthen security standards for the federal government and federal government contractors in response to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order

On May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration issued its much anticipated “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” Below are provisions we believe will be of most interest to contractors, as well as any company...more

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President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Focuses on IT and Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

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On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order (EO) to protect federal government networks and software supply chains against increasing threats of attacks from malicious cyber actors, setting the stage...more

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U.S. Government Issues Alert Regarding Critical Windows 10 Update – Are You Entitled To Compensation?

Earlier this month, it was reported that the National Security Agency (NSA) discovered a serious security flaw in Microsoft Windows 10 cryptographic functionality, CVE-2020-0601.That security flaw could render trust...more

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