From: Associations Now
By Ernie Smith
A planned change to guidelines for cybersecurity acquisition has raised significant questions for trade groups in the federal contractor space, who say the rules come too late in the game and don’t go far enough compared to what individual agencies are already doing.
Federal contractor groups say a plan to ensure agencies remain focused on cybersecurity issues when procuring technology resources is looking half-baked.
The plan, introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in August, was built through a stakeholder-driven process that involved publishing a draft form of the report on Github. It proved controversial among many of those stakeholders, with multiple industry groups criticizing the results during a month-long comment period. The Professional Services Council (PSC), in particular, said the plan was too vague and inconsistent to prove useful for federal contractors to follow.
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