GovConCyber
Learn the fundamentals
New to federal cybersecurity contracting? Start here. This section is built for contracts officers, program managers, founders, and compliance leads who want to understand the rules in plain English — without wading through a single FAR clause first.
Cybersecurity 101
The core concepts behind every federal cyber requirement — what data the government is protecting, who has to protect it, and the handful of frameworks the rules keep coming back to. Read this first if any of the acronyms feel unfamiliar.
Start readingGlossary
A searchable A–Z reference for every acronym, clause shorthand, and term of art used across federal cybersecurity law. Keep it open in a second tab while you read — it's the fastest way to decode anything that trips you up.
Browse the glossarySuggested reading path
- 1Start with Cybersecurity 101
Get the lay of the land — what the government means by 'controlled' data, who the major rule-makers are, and why your contract type changes which rules apply.
- 2Keep the Glossary open
As acronyms come up — CUI, CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP — look them up once and the rest of the site stops feeling like alphabet soup.
- 3Run Find My Requirements
Answer a few questions about your contract and we'll show you the specific clauses and frameworks that apply to your work. This is where 'learning' turns into a checklist.