From: Defense One
The goal of the new regulations is to secure sensitive data on the computers and networks at smaller companies.
Updated with comment from Pentagon spokesman.
The Pentagon will delay a Jan. 1 deadline for all of its suppliers to meet a set of new regulations largely designed to better protect sensitive military data and weapon blueprints.
By year’s end, companies must instead merely show that they have a plan in place to meet the regulations, Ellen Lord, the defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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