Manage Heightened National Security Threats for Companies Under FOCI

NEW YORK - July 16, 2024 - PRLog -- The Director of Information and Acquisition Protection, OUSD(I&S) at U.S. Department of Defense will give a keynote address at ACI's 7th National Forum on FOCI, taking place in Washington D.C., September 30 and October 1. The address comes at a time when FOCI mitigated company now need to react to a cybersecurity breach under stricter Department of Defense and CMMC safeguards.

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) has shown concern about how FOCI companies and non-FOCI companies are safeguarding their data, and protecting US personal information.

In addition to the keynote address by Jeffrey P. Spinnanger, Director, Information and Acquisition Protection, OUSD(I&S), U.S. Department of Defense, speakers will include DCSA's Wayne Chin, Chief, Risk Management Unit and Sabrina DeBarge, Mission Region Action Officer for Industrial Security, Mid-Atlantic Region.

As well, conference speakers will be discussing the U.S. Department of Defense's proposed rule to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program (Proposed Rule). The proposed rule is expected to more strictly control how Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is safeguarded and disseminated with impacts on FOCI mitigation, contracts, third-party contractors, parent companies and cloud service providers. This is the basis behind DCSA now looking at non-FOCI companies to see whether there are national security threats in supply chain.

This year's event will take place September 30-October 1 at The National Union Building, in Washington DC. This forum will go beyond the typical FOCI updates, by providing attendees with an in-depth, hands-on analysis of recent developments in actional mitigation strategies for FOCI and non-FOCI companies, as well as cybersecurity mitigation, vulnerability assessments, and the roles of outside directors and proxy holders.

Attendees should plan to register early to gain full access to this year's exclusive resources and speaker insight.

Full information on the 2024 FOCI Forum can be found at:  https://www.americanconference.com/foci/

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