Cybersecurity is now an allowable cost on certain types of contracts.
Let that sink in for a second.
The Defense Department is telling its vendors that the government, in some cases, will pay for cybersecurity.
That is huge, and if — and it’s a very big “if” — the Pentagon follows through with its promise by not making it so arduous to allocate costs, so as long as they don’t make the allocation such a small percentage that it’s not worth it and so as long as they make it a true incentive, this is one of those moments in procurement history that we will all remember.