by Chess Consulting | Mar 16, 2021 | Government Contract Regulatory Compliance
For contractors in the defense industrial base (DIB), from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, the cloud has presented an opportunity to design an environment that allows them to process, store, and transmit Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in a compliant...
by Chess Consulting | Jan 8, 2021 | Government Contract Regulatory Compliance
As detailed in our previous post, the Department of Defense (DoD) is highly concerned about the protection of sensitive information residing on contractor networks. In order to ensure that contractors are employing adequate controls to safeguard information,...
by Chess Consulting | Nov 20, 2020 | Government Contract Regulatory Compliance
Before jumping into the details of the various cybersecurity requirements that we will be covering in this series, there are a few topics that are important to address in order to lay the foundation for the ongoing discussion. Common themes run through the federal...
by Chess Consulting | Nov 6, 2020 | Government Contract Regulatory Compliance
Just as the digitization of the US and global economy has shifted the risk landscape for companies and exposed vulnerabilities to business operations, the Federal Government has likewise become all too aware of the impact a cybersecurity incident can have on employee...
by Chess Consulting | Oct 30, 2020 | Government Contract Regulatory Compliance
Section 890 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, as amended by section 825 of the NDAA for FY 2020, authorizes the Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct a pilot program in an effort to accelerate contracting and pricing...
by Chess Consulting | Aug 30, 2020 | Government Contract Regulatory Compliance
On August 18, 2020, the Department of Defense issued Revision 1 Class Deviation 2020-O0013, an update to Class Deviation 2020-O0013, as well Class Deviation 2020-O0021. Class Deviation 2020-O0013 added a new cost principle, DFARS 231.205-79, “CARES Act Section 3610 –...
