Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

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

By Elizabeth Burgin Waller, Anthony J. Mazzeo, Jerry A. Miles, Patrick J. Austin

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 organizations that perform “research and development, design, production, delivery,… Read more

Proposed Federal Cyber Incident Reporting Rule Adds Hefty Federal Reporting Requirements to Critical Infrastructure Sector and Large Businesses

By Elizabeth Burgin Waller, Patrick J. Austin

The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a draft of its proposed rule detailing how covered entities operating in critical infrastructure sectors report cyberattacks and ransomware payments to the federal government. The proposed rule states that entities operating… Read more

Defense Department’s Proposed CMMC Rule Will Impose New Cybersecurity Requirements on Contractors

By Elizabeth Burgin Waller, Anthony J. Mazzeo, Patrick J. Austin, Jerry A. Miles

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a proposed rule to implement its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, which would establish a comprehensive set of cybersecurity requirements applicable to defense contractors. If enacted, CMMC would obligate contractors to take… Read more

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