Georgia Tech agrees to Justice Dept. settlement over alleged failure of implementing defense cyber standards

The Georgia Tech Research Corporation and the Justice Department have reached a $875,000 settlement to resolve False Claims Act violations, where the defense contractor allegedly submitted a falsified cyber assessment and failed to implement cybersecurity requirements mandated by the Defense Department.

“When contractors fail to follow the required cybersecurity standards in their DoD contracts, they leave sensitive government information vulnerable to malicious actors and cyber threats,” Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate said in a Sept. 30 release from DOJ....