GMU CPE – Government Contract Compliance and Cybersecurity

This course will provide important guidance for government contractors who are seeking to ensure compliance with the government’s rapidly expanding cybersecurity requirements. Contractors will learn about the statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to contractors including:

• Key agency-specific regulations
• Cyber requirements applicable to owners and operators of critical infrastructure including the defense base
• Best practices for cyber breach investigation and response; and recent and future cyber developments

In this course, the following topics will be addressed:

• Pertinent cybersecurity definitions
• Threat management
• Breach response
• Cybersecurity costs
• Hacker motivations
• FAR and DFARS requirements pertaining to information systems
• The NIST framework
• Agency-wide efforts to regulate cybersecurity
• Cloud computing requirements
• Liability for data breaches