By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Those familiar with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, especially its updated 2.0 version, know that its most significant shift from earlier Department of Defense cybersecurity efforts lies in the introduction of a tiered certification process. Unlike past standards, such as NIST SP...
Like many government agencies, the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection manages petabytes of data flowing through it every day. They perform an estimated 50 billion data exchanges and 10 billion transactions daily. This also means there are roughly 100 million cyber attack attempts per day on their network, accordin...
Advancements in information technology have completely altered the intelligence community’s ability to disseminate its analysis and data to those who need it most, like policymakers, diplomats and defense leaders. Without it, the IC would be “doing all of this with paper and pencil. But in all seriousness, that’s a big responsibility on ou...
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business unit has secured a $52.9 million contract to help the U.S. Army sustain its fleet of MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems. Under the five-year contract, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will perform sustainment and logistics support for Gray Eagle at its facility in Poway, California, the De...
Artificial intelligence has unlocked a myriad of threats and opportunities in the last two years with the acceleration of technological innovation in the AI space. Today, generative AI tools and large language models are still nascent and risky — but government leaders are seeing promise for the technology’s future. Defense Intelligence Agency C...
Modernization is a top priority for the Department of Defense, and many department-wide modernization initiatives are currently underway. Though these efforts have a broad reach across the organization, individual DOD components are supplementing them with tailored approaches to their own specific challenges. To address the unique demands of shifts ...
Arcfield has secured a potential five-year, $93 million follow-on contract to provide full life cycle support to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s next-generation secure data-sharing tool. The company said Tuesday it will help AFRL maintain the Information Support Server Environment and X-domain Agile Rules-Based Information Transfer Orchest...
A joint venture of Tyonek WorldWide Services, Affordable Engineering Services and Zenetex has secured a five-year, $176.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Navy maintain and repair aircraft platforms. Aircraft Readiness Alliance JV will provide depot-level maintenance support services for fielded aircraft and ...
A BAE Systems business arm has secured a $459.8 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide hardware components for a multi-mode radio designed to provide line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight communications on aviation platforms. BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration will also perform repair services and technical, engineer...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Read part one here What is the difference between NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC? Aspect NIST SP 800-171 CMMC 2.0 Certification process Self-assessment only Self-assessments combined with mandatory third-party certification for most Level 2 contractors and all Level 3 contractors Requirements Narrowly...
