WT 360: CMMC Lessons From the Voluntary Assessment Program
Derek Kernus explains how his company went through the Defense Department’s assessment process for complying with the standards at the heart of CMMC, the rule that will lay out how contractors protect information on their systems. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification regulation may not be final for at least another year, but the Defense Department has […]
DTS Achieves Perfect Score on Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment
ARLINGTON, Va.—November 8, 2023—DTS, which delivers cyber, consulting, and management services, announced that it has earned a perfect score of 110 on its Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment (JSVA). Based on the same 110 controls required for a CMMC Level 2 certification, the JSVA program is a critical step in demonstrating that Defense Industrial Base (DIB) […]
eBook: The Real Business on Cybersecurity
Every business has a need to protect information, customers, and computer systems. But every business has approached cybersecurity differently―and those stalling or lagging behind remain at risk. Protect your Information. To guide business leaders in their efforts―no matter where they may be on the cybersecurity lifecycle―DTS experts have put together a guide about compliance and […]
DTS Receives Certified AvePoint Professional Services Partner Designation
Authorized to use AvePoint’s FedRAMP-compliant data migration solution ARLINGTON, Va.— April 11, 2023—DTS, delivering cyber, consulting, and management services, announced that it has been designated as a Certified AvePoint Professional Services Partner (CAPS), authorizing them to leverage AvePoint’s Fly Server migration platform to transfer data from one information system to another. DTS is one of […]
What Every Small Business Needs to Know about Cyber Insurance
Small business. Big cybersecurity risks. We’re continuing to see cyber threats impacting growing companies at an alarming rate. Forty-six percent of all cyber-attacks now affect businesses with less than 1,000 employees, according to Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report. Combined with the startling IBM report that noted 60 percent of those businesses close their doors within six […]
Hard Truths About Driving a Security Mindset
Working in cybersecurity as a consultant can be eye-opening. We regularly see clients who, despite knowing they need cybersecurity, come to us with little or no real security controls in place. Our job is to quickly assess where they are most vulnerable and recommend solutions and then implement a plan to bring them up to […]
Making sense of federal cybersecurity critical infrastructure guidance
The breaches continue despite heightened cybersecurity awareness. To help establish standards, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued best practices around nine cybersecurity goals for control systems in response to a July 2021 Presidential Memorandum.
Navigating Project Management With A Hybrid Team
Project management has forever been changed by COVID in both subtle and significant ways. In my world – government contracting – it previously would have been unimaginable to work anywhere but at the client’s site. Since the pandemic, change surrounds us. I hesitate to call it the ‘new normal’ because nothing is normal about our […]
Why Your Company’s Compliance Score Is Your New Credit Score
Who can you trust these days? If you’re about to jump into an agreement with another company, you want to hear the good — and the bad. Pulling a credit report might start the process, as this can help verify basic facts about the company and provide a credit summary and financial history. Is that […]
Knowledge Management Culture and the Government Workforce
It’s been more than a year since the pandemic started impacting work life, and the federal government quickly adopted or refined policies to make large-scale, work-from-home successful. For many government organizations, the pandemic accelerated digital transformation efforts. It also provided a test bed for remote and distributed operations, paving the way for a new, hybrid workforce. […]
