On Nov. 18, the U.S. Department of Defense issued the long-awaited final rule addressing how DOD contractors and subcontractors must safeguard unclassified technical information on their corporate information systems.1 Although the final rule narrows a proposed rule that the DOD had published in June 2011, the rule still has wide applicability to private sector information systems where DOD technical information is stored or transmitted. The DOD notes in the preamble that the rule "is deemed necessary for the protection of unclassified controlled technical information and it is understood that implementing these controls may increase costs to DoD."
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