U.S. Government Intervenes in Case Alleging Unauthorized Disclosure of CUI

The U.S. government recently intervened in a False Claims Act qui tam case against Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Georgia Tech Research Institute for violations of NIST 800-171 for failing to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Long story short, the U.S. intervention means that the government is taking this case seriously, which means that the defendants have to take this case even more seriously….
By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider