Max Aulakh

2 weeks ago | securityboulevard.com | Max Aulakh

While we talk a lot on this site about the US Government’s various cybersecurity frameworks, like FedRAMP and CMMC, there’s one significant framework that deserves just as much attention: ISO 27001. ISO 27001, being an ISO standard, is an international framework for cybersecurity divorced from any one country’s government. It’s a way for businesses operating overseas – and even domestically – to demonstrate security in a way that is acknowledged by the international community.

3 weeks ago | securityboulevard.com | Max Aulakh

Seeking a FedRAMP authority to operate is a critical part of any cloud service looking to work with the government in an official capacity. It’s required if you are going to handle controlled unclassified information on behalf of the government or its contractors, and since the requirements trickle down, you don’t even necessarily have to be part of the government’s prime contractors to need your ATO.

3 weeks ago | securityboulevard.com | Max Aulakh

The Department of Defense DFARS Cybersecurity Clause, more commonly known as the DoD Cyber Clause (or just DFARS 7012), is the long-standing set of rules the DoD has put in place for all members of the DoD supply chain and defense industrial base. It has also spread beyond those boundaries through the use of DFARS 7012 clauses in contracts for other parts of the federal government. One of the biggest requirements of being part of the DIB these days is the adherence to flowdown requirements.

1 month ago | securityboulevard.com | Max Aulakh

FedRAMP is the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, and it’s one of the most widely used governmental cybersecurity frameworks across the United States. It’s meant to serve as the gatekeeper for any contractor looking to work with the federal government to ensure that everyone across the board has a minimum level of cybersecurity in place to protect themselves, the government, and each other from risks and threats. FedRAMP is not alone.

1 month ago | securityboulevard.com | Max Aulakh

The overall defense industrial base is growing increasingly aware of the needs of modern information and cyber security. From recent major supply chain attacks to the constant threat of nation-state actors trying to compromise systems, it’s important to be committed to the best security you can implement, no matter where you are in the supply chain. One of the tools provided to you, and required by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, is the SPRS.