Cybersecurity Rules: Part 2 - Three Things Government Contractors Should Know About Cybersecurity Rules Under FAR That Apply To Civilian Agency Contracts

In this second part of our vlog series covering different aspects of cybersecurity rules that apply to federal government contracts, we discuss briefly the rules under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that apply to government contracts with civilian (non-DoD) government agencies.  Those rules, which were mandated in a final regulation issued in May 2016 (see our GovCon Bulletin™ article here), are made part of a government contract under a FAR clause - at FAR 52.204-21 - that is required to be inserted into civilian agency government contracts. In this edition of The GovCon Video Blog,™ we will discuss three things contractors should know those cybersecurity rules.