Cybersecurity Compliance and Incident Response (Subcontractor Flow-Down)

The contract requires subcontractor support for achieving and maintaining compliance with NIST SP 800-171 standards, ensuring that all systems handling controlled unclassified information meet rigorous cybersecurity requirements. This includes conducting comprehensive assessments to validate adherence to the framework, identifying gaps, and implementing corrective actions to sustain compliance. Additionally, the subcontractor must establish and maintain processes for timely cyber incident reporting to DIBNet, with mandatory submission of all relevant incident data within 72 hours of discovery. These obligations are critical to supporting the Department of Defense’s broader cybersecurity posture and are tied to the Defense Logistics Agency’s operational needs under the NAICS code 541512 for computer systems design services. Failure to meet these requirements could jeopardize system authorization and contractual standing.