DoD Increases DCMA Cybersecurity Responsibilities to Implement and Assess Company-Wide Cyber Compliance

Adding to the Defense Contract Management Agency’s (DCMA) new cybersecurity responsibilities, the Department of Defense (DoD) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USDAS) recently issued a memorandum titled Strategically Implementing Cybersecurity Contract Clauses that increases DCMA’s role.  The memorandum tasks DCMA with implementing a process to perform company-wide assessments of contractors’ compliance with the DFARS Safeguarding Clause and the related solicitation provision, DFARS 252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information, in lieu of the current contract-by-contract assessment of the Clause and Provision requirements.