The U.S. General Services Administration aims to finalize new rules on when contractors are required to disclose data breaches, Nextgov reports. The GSA rules would require contractors to report any data breaches where the "confidentiality, integrity, or availability" of data has been compromised, as well as when any information systems managed by government agencies have been impacted. The rules also give the GSA and any agency that works with a contractor when the breach takes place the ability to access the affected system. The GSA plans to publish the rule in February, with a comment period scheduled to end in April.
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