Just like private companies and nonprofits, government information on many levels is in the crosshairs for increasing cyber-attacks. For all U.S. entities, these
attacks can cost the economy billions of dollars every year.

That means even the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) are at risk. Those risks are heightened when contractors and subcontractors that support government goals and objectives are lax on cybersecurity protocols and data protection processes.
In 2002, the U.S. government created the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA),
which requires all federal agencies to develop and implement information security programs to protect all information and systems for each federal agency including components managed by other agencies and contractors.