The Georgia Tech Research Corp. and the Justice Department have reached an $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 DOJ release. The settlement...
