1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (469+ words) Selecting a Cyber Incident Response (CIR) review vendor isn't just a procurement exercise; it's a strategic decision that can determine how quickly and accurately your organization identifies threats, contains breaches, and recovers from attacks. Even though these decisions happen under…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago  (758+ words) On February 17, 2026, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement section 5949 of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA) restricting the U.S. government from purchasing "covered" products and services, which the Proposed…...

21+ hour, 20+ min ago  (658+ words) On February 13, 2026, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the US Department of Homeland Security published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that it would hold a series of town halls to "allow external stakeholders a limited additional…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1264+ words) The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a series of virtual town halls to be held in March and April 2026 to solicit more industry feedback on its forthcoming cybersecurity reporting rules. Those rules will require certain entities operating in critical…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (332+ words) The PTAB's recently designated precedential decision in Realtek Semiconductor Corp., v. ParkerVision, Inc., Nos. IPR2025-00324 and IPR2025-00325, Paper No. 11 (June 25, 2025), makes clear that an otherwise time-barred petition will be allowed to join a pending instituted PTAB proceeding "only in exceptional circumstances." In this…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (239+ words) Under this CMMC-like framework, GSA introduces new and unique requirements in addition to the NIST SP 800-171 security controls for contractors handling CUI. Because GSA appears poised to require contracting officers to include these requirements in solicitations and contracts, contractors that…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (613+ words) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is working to finalize a rule that would require large segments of industry to rapidly report to the government when they become victims of cybersecurity incidents. As we…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (432+ words) Following the UK Government's launch of a public consultation on its proposed legislative measures to combat the threat of ransomware (see Goodwin's January 2025 analysis), the UK Government published its response to the consultation, setting out proposals to reduce payments to…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (306+ words) Conceptually, you think of IoT devices, but the CRA has a far broader scope of application. In this article we examine one of the tricky nuances " distinguishing between a digital product and SaaS under the CRA. The CRA entered into…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (260+ words) In this first article, we provide an overview of key market developments influencing battery energy storage deployment today, including growth trends, hybrid project models, cost trajectories, and emerging tax and supply chain considerations. As global energy demand continues to surge,…...