Proposed FAR Rule: “Standardizing Cybersecurity Requirements for Unclassified Federal Information Systems”

Covington & Burling – In October, the FAR Council released two new proposed cybersecurity rules: 1) “Cyber Threat and Incident Reporting and Information Sharing,” which adds new requirements to the cybersecurity incident reporting obligations of federal contractors, and 2) “Standardizing Cybersecurity Requirements for Unclassified Federal Information Systems,” which covers cybersecurity contractual requirements for unclassified Federal information systems.