Reading Time: 2 minutes The term “classification” has been thrown around progressively by software companies that offer related products like data governance and DLP. In some cases, the vendor will define “classification” as the ability to discover and protect data, which is a… Read More

Reading Time: 4 minutes In July, NIST released draft versions of two new publications: NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Non-federal Systems and Organizations and NIST SP 800-171B: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Non-federal Systems and Organizations: Enhanced Security… Read More

Reading Time: 2 minutes On December 17th 2018 a memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of Defense was released entitled “Strengthening Contract Requirements Language for Cybersecurity in the Defense Industrial Base” that reminds acquisition personnel that it “is critical that efforts to identify, track,… Read More

Reading Time: 2 minutes Driving data security awareness to transform security culture Data classification is a key component of every successful Data Loss Prevention (DLP) strategy. Just as DLP approaches have matured over time to keep customers ahead of the threats and protected… Read More

Reading Time: 2 minutes In an ongoing effort to provide consistent security and dissemination controls for government data flowing through non-federal systems, contractors to the General Services Administration (GSA), both primes and their subs, will soon be expected to adhere to Executive Order… Read More