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The post Defense and aerospace firm settles with government over allegedly failing to meet cybersecurity contract requirements appeared first on CyberScoop.","ILC, a defense and aerospace company, has agreed to pay $13 million to settle allegations that it failed to meet cybersecurity requirements in its contracts with U.S. agencies between 2018 and 2024. The government claimed ILC submitted false claims for payment, citing instances of improper cloud data storage and a lack of updated security plans. 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The False Claims Act settlement underscores that government contractors are legally accountable for the cybersecurity posture they certify when billing federal agencies. This matters because defense contractors handle sensitive national security data, and gaps in their security controls can expose critical government systems to adversaries. The six-year window of non-compliance (2018–2024) also reveals a systemic lack of internal oversight and audit mechanisms to verify ongoing adherence to contract requirements.",[132,133,134,135,136,137,132],"NIST SP 800-53 SI-2: Flaw Remediation","CIS Control 4: Secure Configuration of Enterprise Assets and Software","NIST CSF 2.0 PR.AA: Identity Management, Authentication, and Access Control","ISO\u002FIEC 27001:2022 A.8.8: Management of technical vulnerabilities","CIS Control 17: Incident Response Management","ISO\u002FIEC 27001:2022 Clause 7.2: Competence",{"NIST SP 800-53 SI-2: Flaw Remediation":139,"ISO\u002FIEC 27001:2022 Clause 7.2: Competence":140,"CIS Control 17: Incident Response Management":141,"ISO\u002FIEC 27001:2022 A.8.8: Management of technical vulnerabilities":142,"CIS Control 4: Secure Configuration of Enterprise Assets and Software":143,"NIST CSF 2.0 PR.AA: Identity Management, Authentication, and Access Control":144},"Submitting false claims for payment while knowingly failing cybersecurity requirements reflects a governance breakdown that DFARS and CMMC frameworks — rooted in NIST 800-53 controls — are specifically designed to prevent through mandatory self-attestation and assessment processes.","Persistent non-compliance over multiple years suggests staff responsible for cybersecurity lacked the training or authority to enforce contract requirements; Clause 7.2 mandates that organizations ensure personnel are competent to fulfil their security obligations.","The six-year gap without corrective action suggests the absence of a mature compliance response process; CIS Control 17 requires organizations to establish and maintain a capability to detect, respond to, and recover from compliance and security failures.","Failing to maintain updated security plans is analogous to failing to track and remediate known security weaknesses; A.8.8 mandates timely identification and remediation of technical vulnerabilities to prevent exploitation.","Improper cloud data storage points directly to misconfigured systems; CIS Control 4 requires establishing and maintaining secure configurations for all assets, which would have flagged unauthorized or non-compliant cloud storage use.","Proper governance of where and how data is stored in cloud environments is an access and authorization concern; enforcing policies around data placement falls under protective access controls that PR.AA addresses."]