Each year in October, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) team up to promote cyber awareness for a wide range of industry topics in what’s known as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. During this time, cybersecurity […]
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Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) is a status or situation in which a contractor with access to classified information has some foreign investment or association with foreign interest. It’s used by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) to
Whether you’re talking about individual facility security teams or the Federal Protective Service as a whole, there’s no question that their responsibilities for screening federal buildings are becoming exponentially challenging. The constantly evolving landscape of new threats, risks, and patron
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The Zero Trust Security Model, coined just over a decade ago, is a framework organizations can use to construct or enhance their cybersecurity program. It was formulated by considering the modern-day infrastructure challenges that now consist primarily of cloud and
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Winter 1980: With a background in computer science, Imo Etuk leaves a prominent defense contractor to start a consulting business. After seeing the chaos surrounding the management of security clearances, MathCraft – named for the algebraic precision needed to design
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In November 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD) introduced a major update to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC): CMMC 2.0. According to the original announcement, this update included significant changes from the previous version of CMMC (1.02), including reduced dependence
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It’s been nearly a year since the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) went into effect. Announced by the Department of Defense (DoD) in 2019, the program is an ambitious effort to consolidate security regulations across the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) and
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MathCraft’s products are designed to make life easier for FSOs and other security officers who are tasked with safeguarding our nation’s most sensitive information in accordance with NISPOM. With so many tasks to complete on a daily basis, data organization,
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Data privacy has been a hot topic for some time, and this year it’s all coming to fruition. The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) went into effect at the beginning of this month, impacting businesses with a web presence throughout the U.S.
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In July of 1982, a British man named Michael Fagan climbed a drainpipe in London, broke into Buckingham Palace, and triggered several alarms on the premises. Readers might imagine that he was quickly spotted and apprehended by the Queen’s Guard;
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