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Cloud security is on everyone’s minds these days. You can’t go a day without reading about an organization either planning its move to the cloud or actively deploying a cloud-based architecture. A great example is the latest news about the US Department of Defense and its ongoing move to the cloud.

It’s been three years since the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) two data breaches shocked the country and spawned immediate cyber initiatives in response to the theft of millions of highly sensitive records –possibly now resulting in identity fraud, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. In the months that followed, the nation’s agencies were required to make an honest accounting of vital systems and the state of their security …

As with previous attacks, organizations in the Middle East appear to be main targets, Symantec says

The accreditation body overseeing the Defense Department’s cybersecurity certification for prospective contractors is also authorized to provide certified companies with cybersecurity services, according to members of the group’s board of directors. “A continuous monitoring capability could provide benefits to …

CMMC has become one of the looming issues for defense contractors as the Pentagon looks to fortify, not only its own networks, but those of the defense industrial base. In this op-ed, Johann Dettweiler, director of operations at TalaTek, a risk management firm, offers a frequently asked questions on how business leaders should think about this program.

Internal Revenue Service Publication 1075 (IRS 1075) provides guidance for US government agencies, agents, and contractors that access Federal Tax Information (FTI), to make sure they use policies, practices, controls, and safeguards to protect FTI confidentiality and integrity of FTI throughout its lifecycle. FTI consists of federal tax returns and return information, and may contain personally identifiable information (PII) such as the taxpayer’s identity, and the nature, source, or …