DoD’s recent efforts to address cybersecurity have caused confusion and chaos for Government contractors. As we all know, cybersecurity is an issue that is impossible to ignore, and the sobering reality is that compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements is critical to avoiding catastrophic liability. Recently, McCarter & English Government Contracts and Export Controls co-leaders Alex Major and Franklin Turner provided much-needed guidance for federal contractors in a two-part Feature Comment for Thomson Reuters’ The Government Contractor. The Feature Comment addresses certain changes to the NIST, the auditing effort underway by DCMA, and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program that will likely be implemented by DOD in the coming months.

Part 1 can be accessed here