Story excerpt provided by National Defense Magazine.
Written by George Wrenn
Contractors and their supply chain with active Defense Department contracts, or those that plan on doing business with it, must assure that any of their data systems that transmit, process or store controlled unclassified information are compliant with National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-171 “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Non-federal Information Systems and Organizations.”
It’s clear that meeting the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 252.204-7012 mandate to comply to the special publication is a required priority for defense contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.