800-171

The Higher Ed Model for Cybersecurity Compliance

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There are fundamental challenges to fully implementing the NIST 800-171 cybersecurity framework. However, a new study shows that higher education institutions overcome these challenges and place among the top tier of organizations for compliance. Organizations that handle sensitive government information and data face a foreign intelligence threat that is unprecedented in history. Despite this, most… Read more »

What You Need to Know About 800-171 Revisions

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The long awaited NIST 800-171 Revision 2 and 800-171B drafts were released for comment today. There have been no major changes to the controls in Revision 2. This is good news for many in the DIB who have been diligently working to implement and maintain the security requirements. Of more interest is 171B enhanced security… Read more »

An Analyst Perspective: Sera-Brynn’s Report on NIST 800-171. Is Compliance Achievable?

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Sera-Brynn’s report, “Reality Check: Defense Industry’s Implementation of NIST SP 800-171. Keen insights from certified cybersecurity assessors,” was published in May 2019. If you didn’t have time to read it, it tells the story of an industry struggling to fully comply with the controls of NIST 800-171, which are required to protect sensitive Government data…. Read more »

Press Release: Report on Defense Industry Implementation of NIST 800-171 Security Controls

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Sera-Brynn releases “Reality Check: Defense Industry Implementation of NIST SP 800-171” – a get-real analysis of its cybersecurity assessments in the defense industry.  The report provides the insights, charts, graphs, and statistics that tell the story of an industry struggling with compliance.  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  May 15, 2019, SUFFOLK, VA.  Today, the certified cybersecurity assessment… Read more »

Live Webinar: Impacts of New NIST 800-171 (Revision 2) on Government Contractors

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Heather Engel, Chief Strategy Officer of Sera-Brynn, will join Scott Edwards, Summit 7 Systems President, to discuss the highly-anticipated revision to NIST SP 800-171. NIST 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations, was first published in December 2016 (and updated in June 2018).  Under Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), all U.S…. Read more »

What Cybersecurity is Really About in 2018

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By Rob Hegedus, CEO, Sera-Brynn It’s not about the technology, it’s about insurability. With the implementation of GDPR, the inevitable FAR-wide adoption of NIST 800-171 standards (already mandatory for Department of Defense contractors), and the latest news on cybersecurity legislation from New York and South Carolina, the global business community as a whole is slowly but… Read more »

Chief Strategist Speaks on Critical Compliance Issues at NYS Cyber Security Conference

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On June 5, 2018 at 3:20 PM in Albany, NY, Sera-Brynn’s CSO will discuss critical cybersecurity compliance issues in the federal and defense contracting space — from strategic risk management to supply chain impacts.   Heather Engel, Chief Strategy Officer at Sera-Brynn, will present “Strategic Planning for Cyber Risk: Protecting Data and Meeting Regulatory Requirements… Read more »

DoD releases a much-anticipated update to the FAR/DFARs FAQs.

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What you need to know now By Heather Engel, Sera-Brynn Chief Strategy Officer DoD’s original FAQ was issued in January 2017, with answers to 59 questions on general application, security requirements, and cloud computing. The FAQ issued on April 2, 2018 nearly doubles that with answers to 109 questions on DFARS 252.204-7008 and 252.204-7012, FAR… Read more »