The Department of Homeland Security has incorporated cyber hygiene standards into its contracts since 2015 but given the evolution and expansion of cybersecurity threats it wants to improve its oversight of contractor compliance with these standards. In an Aug. 10 letter to industry, DHS officials said they have been observing the Defense Department’s use of a new framework to verify that defense contractors are using certain practices and processes to protect sensitive unclassified information down into its supply chain.
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