Most contractors know they need a System Security Plan. Far fewer have written one that holds up when an assessor starts asking questions. This guide covers what the plan has to say, how to build it, and how to keep it honest. Quick Answer A System Security Plan...
An aerospace manufacturer carries a heavier IT planning load than most companies realize going in. CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 apply the same way they would to any defense contractor, but aerospace work often adds ITAR on top of that, along with production equipment that...
A DoD contract does not come with a single IT checklist. It comes with a set of clauses, and those clauses point to security requirements that touch nearly every part of how a contractor runs its systems. Understanding what DoD IT management asks for, separate from...
A government contractor cannot hire a normal IT provider and treat security and compliance as a separate project. Every system, every login, every backup decision touches the same rules that govern how Controlled Unclassified Information and Federal Contract...
Manufacturers hit a different set of CMMC problems than software companies or service providers do. The CUI usually arrives as a customer print or a CAD file, not a clean document. The equipment that touches it might be a fifteen-year-old CNC machine with no path to...
