FCI: Federal Contracting Information What is Federally Contracted Information? The U.S. government defines FCI as “information, not intended for public release, that is provided or generated for the Government under a contract to deliver a product or service to the Government.” ...
The CMMC framework is designed to establish cybersecurity standards and best practices for the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). Its goal is to enhance protection of Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) across the supply chain, ensuring that contractors have th...
CMMC is focused on two types of data, Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). FCI is data provided by or generated for the Federal Government under a contract to develop or deliver a product or service not intended for public release. CUI is information...
CMMC 2.0 Level 1(Foundational)remains the required level for companies that don’t handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) but only handleFederal Contract Information (FCI). CMMC 2.0 Level 2 (Advanced)replaces the original CMMC Level 3. This is the required level for contractors who handl...
Level 1 contractors are those that handle Federal Contract Information (FCI) but not CUI. One of the more significant changes from CMMC 1.0 to 2.0 is that Level 1 is now a self-assessment only, placing this responsibility on the organization itself. Level 1 includes the same 15 controls ...
Organizations that only handle Federal Contract Information (FCI) must still achieve Level 1 where all (17) controls remain intact. The updates recognize the difficulty of assembling, training, and certifying that army of individuals to assess the estimated 300,000+ FCI suppliers, so those ...
Its primary goal is to protect sensitive information, such as Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), while strengthening the overall security of the defense supply chain. This blog explains the basic requirements of CMMC, latest timeline, projected costs of ...
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a unified standard for implementing cybersecurity across the defense industrial base, which includes over 300,000 companies in the supply chain.
Government contractors, specifically those awarded Department of Defense (DoD) contracts, are required to protect any sensitive information they might work with—specifically, federal contract information (FCI) and controlled unclassified information (CUI). CUI Category Examples Real-time threat analysis can...
FCICFederal Citizen Information Center(formerly Federal Consumer Information Center; Pueblo, CO, USA) FCICFinancial Crisis Inquiry Commission(Washington, DC) FCICFederal Crop Insurance Corporation FCICFederal Consumer Information Center(now the Federal Citizen Information Center) ...