Posts by Elzar Camper

19 Sep

Government, NIST

OMB Mandates US Federal Agencies to Comply with NIST Guidance on Software Supply Chain Security

September 19, 2022
By Elzar Camper

The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) just issued a memo to all federal agencies that bolsters security across the government’s ...

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15 Mar

InfoSec Strategies

The OMB’s Final Zero Trust Strategy: 8 Key Takeaways

March 16, 2023
By Elzar Camper

The US government’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent a 29-page memorandum to all federal agencies and departments on January ...

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17 Jan

All Federal Contractors are Already Subject to NIST 800-171 Requirements—Not Just the DIB

March 16, 2023
By Elzar Camper

While many US government agencies have yet to overtly communicate their specific policies for safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Info...

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10 Nov

Compliance, Cybersecurity, NIST

What is the NIST SP 800-218 (Draft) “Secure Software Development Framework” and Why Should We (as an Org Selling Software to the USG) Care?

March 9, 2023
By Elzar Camper

One of the most significant sections of the recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity is Section 4: Enhancing ...

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05 Nov

Compliance, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)

CMMC Piloting Efforts Suspended… Frustrating But Not Surprising (and Optimistic for “CMMC 2.0”)

March 16, 2023
By Elzar Camper

Here’s what just happened: On the morning of November 4, 2021, the Federal Register published Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certificatio...

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