{"id":219905,"date":"2026-03-04T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/these-2-recent-cases-confirm-doj-is-escalating-cyber-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:55:10","slug":"these-2-recent-cases-confirm-doj-is-escalating-cyber-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/these-2-recent-cases-confirm-doj-is-escalating-cyber-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"These 2 recent cases confirm DOJ is escalating cyber enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

These 2 recent cases confirm DOJ is escalating cyber enforcement<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-03-04 15:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Terry Gerton <\/strong>As 2025 closed, the Department of Justice rolled out two major enforcement actions that involved allegedly deficient cybersecurity practices and DoD contractors. From your vantage point, what did these cases signal about DOJ priorities coming into 2026?<\/p>\n

Andrew Liebler <\/strong>That\u2019s a great question, Terry, and 2025 was going to be a very interesting year generally for cyber enforcement, because it was the first year of cyber enforcement under the second Trump administration. And the big question on the mind of government investigations, attorneys in this space was, what is the Trump administration going to do with the Biden administration\u2019s civil cyber fraud initiative that was announced in October of 2021? The answer to that was a major increase in cyber enforcement, with nine announced settlements as part of the enforcement, capped off by the two settlements that you noted. And one of the big themes \u2014 not just from those last two enforcement actions of last year, but generally from the year \u2014 is that DoD contractors in particular were in the crosshairs of DOJ enforcement actions. And that primarily stems from their compliance with the DFARS 7012 clause in their contracts, which mandates NIST 800-171 cyber compliance. It\u2019s very complex. There\u2019s a lot of surface area for regulatory activity and enforcement, and that\u2019s what those contractors saw in those actions.<\/p>\n

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Terry Gerton <\/strong>Well, Mr. Liebler, let\u2019s follow up with the first case, which was with Swiss Automation, and it was all around that DFARS 7012 clause. When federal contractors take a look at the details of this case, what should they be noting particularly?<\/p>\n

Andrew Liebler <\/strong>I think they should be noting generally that DFARS 7012 is a very potent hook for enforcement in these cases. The Swiss Automation case was actually, in terms of the settlements that were announced last year, sort of a low-water mark of the settlements. That might be informed in part because the conduct at…<\/p>\n

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