Early 2020 presents major regulatory milestones for U.S. cyber acquisition revisions

The next two months could be crucial for the federal government's landmark efforts in setting cybersecurity requirements for contractors and agencies to protect national security and other information from foreign adversaries, with a proposed rule later this month and comments due in February on banning Huawei and other China-based tech products.

First off, the Defense Department, the General Services Administration and NASA are set to issue a new proposed rule later this month to implement requirements for protecting personally identifiable...