Podcast - Cybersecurity Roundup: Analyzing New and Proposed Rules for Contractors
Cybersecurity Insights: Updates on CMMC Implementation and CUI Identification
Podcast - Third-Party Assessments and NIST SP 800-171
Third-Party Assessments and NIST SP 800-171
[Podcast] AI Risk Management: A Discussion with NIST’s Elham Tabassi on the NIST AI Risk Management Framework
Compliance into the Weeds - ChatGPT for the Compliance Professional
Nota Bene Episode 150: Building an AI Risk Management Framework with Siraj Husain
DoD Cyber: A Conversation with Melissa Vice, COO for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Year in Review: Major Breaches, Changes in the Law, and Upcoming Trends
The Government Contracts Cyber Café: Recent Developments Update
How to Respond to President Obama's Cybersecurity Executive Order
The upcoming election, and the approaching end of the President’s four-year term, introduce additional dynamics into the agencies’ rulemaking process and even the guidance process. From now through the November election, the...more
On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration issued its long-awaited artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO), which issues directives to over 20 federal agencies, with the deadline for implementation spanning...more
The AI executive order moves the U.S. closer to a broader unified approach on federal AI regulation, expanding on the AI Bill of Rights and NIST AI Risk Management Framework and focusing on the responsible development and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Following President Biden’s comprehensive Executive Order on AI, the White House announced the formation of the “US AI Safety Institute” within the Commerce Department’s technology arm, the NIST. The...more
The Biden administration issued a widely anticipated executive order on artificial intelligence (“AI”) earlier this week. The Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence...more
Welcome to the October edition of Akin Intelligence. We continue to see bipartisan and international interest in artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. In the executive branch, agencies are working towards developing...more
What Corporations, Colleges and Universities, and Federal Contractors Need to Know About the Coming Harvard and UNC Case Decisions - I do not take a position either pro or con race-based admission decisions in this Blog,...more
On May 23, the White House revealed three new steps advancing the research, development and deployment of AI technology nationwide. The Biden Administration has updated the National Artificial Intelligence R&D Plan for...more
As follow-on guidance to Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) September 14, 2022 memo and the associated Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity from May 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...more
Biden Administration to Introduce New National Cyber Strategy for Critical Infrastructure - The Biden administration is reportedly working on a National Cyber Strategy for critical infrastructure that will advocate a more...more
On September 14, 2022, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued much-anticipated guidance on the implementation of Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) requirements for contractors (The “Guidance Memo”)...more
On September 14, 2022, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issued a memorandum on Enhancing the Security of the Software Supply Chain through Secure Software Development Practices (“OMB Memo”) to help ensure software...more
Companies providing software to the federal government need to be prepared to attest that their software is NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)-compliant within the coming year. On September 14, 2022, the...more
Last month, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released draft guidance to implement a Zero Trust cybersecurity policy government-wide. OMB and CISA are seeking...more
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
On May 12, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a comprehensive Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity that promises sweeping changes in federal contracts for information technology (IT), cloud services and...more
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an ambitious and sweeping Executive Order focused on combating digital threats to US networks and infrastructure. The Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity...more
President Biden’s Discretionary Budget Request: Fiscal Year 2022 - On April 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submitted President Biden’s discretionary funding request (the “Request”) to Congress for...more
The current Administration has released guidance to federal agencies on artificial intelligence (AI) regulation—outlining a relatively light touch approach, but pushing agency planning into the new year and a new...more