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The new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification standards take effect in January 2020. How does this program affect contractors in Iraq? These university-developed standards, which are not yet completed, will feature a five-tier security system. The nature of the contract dictates the nature of the compliance, explained Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy. The new system should eliminate the …

Just before the end of the regular session, Republican Governor Greg Abbott approved a measure which would collect burn pit exposure information from Iraq War veterans and share it with the Department of Veterans Affairs. State Rep. Abel Herrero (D-Corpus Christi)  and Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (D-McAllen) co-sponsored the bill. It requires the state Department of Human Services to set …

Afghanistan War veteran Jason Kander was once a rising star in the Democrat party. Today, he is trying to control his debilitating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Kander said he had not had a full night’s sleep in about a dozen years. Instead, his heightened awareness woke him up at night and he silently patrolled his house, convinced that someone was …

Private military contractors, specifically BAE and Dyncorp, may see a significant uptick in business after Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said he would use a new “toolkit of coercion” to keep China in check. Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis cited “policy differences” with Trump when he left the White House. Many speculate that these differences include military privatization. The stated …

What role will overseas contractors play in the military’s expanded “persistent engagement” activities against foreign cyber threats? In the runup to the 2018 midterm elections, the U.S. military took steps to protect the integrity of the election process. These steps included shutting down the servers of notorious “troll factory” Internet Research Agency in the hours before the November election. That …