Contractors struggle with ‘patchwork’ of cybersecurity regulations

From: FCW

By Sean Lyngaas

Federal contractors trying to report a hack on their computer systems struggle with a maze of piecemeal regulations, contracting experts say. And clarifying that ambiguity could be a difficult long-term project because there is likely no one bill or executive action that would do the trick.

“The compliance issues are hard for government contractors because you don’t have one box, one checklist of things you can do for all of your contracts to make sure that you’re compliant,” said Elizabeth Ferrell, a partner at McKenna Long and Aldridge, at a Nov. 6 conference hosted by the Coalition for Government Procurement in Washington.

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