Pentagon Would Ban Contractors That Don’t Protect Data

The Department of Defense's strict regulations for contractor cybersecurity programs go into effect on December 31, 2017, but it remains unclear how DoD will monitor and enforce compliance. Ryan Bradel, a government contracts attorney with Greenberg Traurig, says defense contractors should become acquainted with the concept of "covered defense information," a category of data that covers unclassified information that vendors will be expected to safeguard.