On December 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Defense issued a new interim rule about implementing a previously issued interim rule about cyber security. The new interim rule gives government contractors and subcontractors more time to implement security requirements.

If you are a government contractor that must maintain an information system for the government under a contract, you will want to take note of a recent document issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce: “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations,” NIST Special Publication 800-171.