Our Mission
GovConCyber provides free, authoritative legal and compliance guidance to help government contractors navigate the complex landscape of federal cybersecurity law. We translate dense regulations into clear, actionable plain English.
Why GovConCyber Exists
A cursory internet search on cybersecurity requirements for government contractors can bounce you between government portals and consulting-firm sites without ever surfacing the guidance you actually need. GovConCyber launched in 2024 as a free, comprehensive, and accessible collection of cybersecurity procurement requirements built specifically for government contractors.
Who It's For
Compliance officers, contracts managers, program managers, legal counsel, and IT/security teams at companies of every size — from small businesses winning their first federal contract to established primes in the Defense Industrial Base.
Editorial Standards
This is a reference resource, not an advocate. Our standards:
- Sourced. Claims are tied to official sources — eCFR, govinfo.gov, NIST, DoD, and agency materials.
- Current. We track changes to CMMC, DFARS, NIST, and agency rules, and date-stamp our reference pages.
- Impartial. We don't recommend specific vendors, law firms, or consultants, and we present contested interpretations fairly.
- Plain. We write at a readable level and define jargon on first use.
Who's Behind GovConCyber
Brandon Hancock, J.D., CMMC-RP, is the founder and principal advisor of GovConCyber. Before law school, he served roughly six years in the U.S. Army as a human intelligence collector (2015–2021) and went on to instruct human-intelligence collection in the Army Reserve (2021–2023). That work was built on the federal information lifecycle — collecting sensitive information, judging its reliability, reporting it accurately through formal channels, marking and handling it correctly, sharing it only with authorized recipients, and protecting it from compromise — the same disciplines that sit underneath today's CUI, DFARS, NIST, and CMMC obligations. He brings that information-discipline mindset to GovConCyber's work helping contractors understand and comply with federal cybersecurity requirements.
Brandon explored the intersection of cybersecurity law and government contracts law at the George Washington University Law School, where he interned with the government-procurement groups at the Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration and in the National Courts Section of the Department of Justice. He was GW Law's 2022–23 Coalition for Government Procurement Scholar and the first GW Law student to earn a J.D. with concentrations in both Cybersecurity Law and Government Procurement Law.
Not Legal Advice
GovConCyber provides legal information, not legal advice. Using this site does not create an attorney-client relationship. For guidance specific to your contracts and organization, consult qualified counsel. See our Disclaimer.
Contact
Questions, corrections, or partnership inquiries? Reach us through the Contact page.