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Honestly until 5 years ago I had no idea what Information Assurance and Cybersecurity was, much less how it affected me as a Program Manger. My
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Assessment Objective differences between DRAFT and FINAL NIST 800-171 A
Many of us in the DoD contracting world have been working over the past year from the DRAFT versions of the NIST 800-171 A, Assessing Security