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- Reworded sentence: "federal, state or local laws and regulations regarding data privacy, including the protection of personal or confidential information of our customers or employees which we may handle and process, or cybersecurity could result in significant monetary damages, regulatory enforcement actions, fines, penalties, private litigation or claims, and/or criminal prosecution in one or more jurisdictions, including as a result of the perception of our practices, products, and services in relation to violations of individual privacy, data protection rights, or cybersecurity requirements."
- Reworded sentence: "For example, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), and the United Kingdom’s GDPR impose compliance obligations on companies that process personal data of people in the European Union and United Kingdom, respectively."
- Reworded sentence: "A significant data breach (including various forms of external attack, such as ransomware, as well as data incidents resulting from internal actions or omissions) could have negative consequences for our business and future prospects, including possible penalties, fines, damages, reduced customer demand, legal claims against and by customers, personnel, business partners or other persons claiming to be affected, harm to our systems and operations and harm to our reputation and brand."
- Reworded sentence: "We are also subject to the Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”), requirements, which will require all contractors to receive specific certifications relating to specified cybersecurity standards in order to be eligible for contract awards."
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Current (2025):
Any failure by us, our vendors or other business partners to comply with international, U.S. federal, state or local laws and regulations regarding data privacy, including the protection of personal or confidential information of our customers or employees which we may handle…
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Any failure by us, our vendors or other business partners to comply with international, U.S. federal, state or local laws and regulations regarding data privacy, including the protection of personal or confidential information of our customers or employees which we may handle and process, or cybersecurity could result in significant monetary damages, regulatory enforcement actions, fines, penalties, private litigation or claims, and/or criminal prosecution in one or more jurisdictions, including as a result of the perception of our practices, products, and services in relation to violations of individual privacy, data protection rights, or cybersecurity requirements. We may also incur substantial expenses in implementing and maintaining compliance with such laws and regulations, or anticipated laws and regulations, including those that require certain types of data to be retained on servers within these jurisdictions. These laws and regulations, and anticipated laws and regulations, are increasing in complexity and number, change frequently, sometimes conflict or create different requirements across jurisdictions, and are subject to interpretation by different regulators and courts, creating the possibility of different compliance measures or enforcement risks across jurisdictions, which may cause additional expenses for compliance with such laws and regulations. Our failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations may result in privacy claims or enforcement actions against us, including liabilities, fines and damage to our reputation, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. For example, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), and the United Kingdom’s GDPR impose compliance obligations on companies that process personal data of people in the European Union and United Kingdom, respectively. In the U.S., numerous federal, state, and local data privacy laws and regulations govern the collection, use, and processing of personal information, provide rights to residents of those respective states, in some cases including personal information collected from residents in the context of recruitment and employment, as well as business-to-business arrangements. Compliance with these laws, or emerging international, U.S. federal, state or local privacy laws, requires investments into compliance programs, investments to deploy, operate and maintain technology that enables compliance, potential modifications to business processes, ongoing data protection activities and documentation requirements, and creates the potential for fines, individual claims and other liabilities for noncompliance as well as litigation risks, particularly in the event of a data breach, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, including how we use personal information or our results of operations. Certain international, U.S. federal, state laws and regulations also impose obligations to maintain and implement an information security program that includes administrative, technical, physical, or organizational safeguards, as well as obligations to give notice to affected individuals and to certain regulators in the event of a data breach. We may be required to spend significant resources to comply with these information security and data breach legal requirements. A significant data breach (including various forms of external attack, such as ransomware, as well as data incidents resulting from internal actions or omissions) could have negative consequences for our business and future prospects, including possible penalties, fines, damages, reduced customer demand, legal claims against and by customers, personnel, business partners or other persons claiming to be affected, harm to our systems and operations and harm to our reputation and brand. In addition, as a contractor supporting defense and national security customers, we are subject to certain additional regulatory compliance requirements relating to data privacy and cybersecurity. Under the DFARS and other federal regulations, our networks and IT systems are required to comply with the security and privacy controls in certain National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publications (“NIST SP”). To the extent that we do not comply with the applicable security and control requirements, unauthorized access or disclosure of sensitive information could result in a contract termination, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results and lead to reputational harm. We are also subject to the Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”), requirements, which will require all contractors to receive specific certifications relating to specified cybersecurity standards in order to be eligible for contract awards. In addition, CMMC certification requirements may be required in modifications to existing contracts. To the extent we are unable to achieve certification in advance of applicable contract awards that specify the requirement, we will be unable to bid on such contract awards or on follow-on awards for existing work with the Department of Defense, depending on the level of standard as required for each solicitation, or be ineligible to receive option awards under existing contracts that specify the certification requirement, which could adversely impact our revenue and profitability. In addition, our subcontractors, and in some cases our vendors, may also be required to adhere to the CMMC program requirements and potentially to achieve certification. Should our supply chain fail to meet compliance requirements or achieve certification, this may adversely affect our ability to receive award or execute on relevant government programs. In addition, any obligations that may be imposed on us under the CMMC may be different from or in addition to those otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations, which may cause additional expense for compliance. 17 17 17 Table of Contents Table of Contents
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Any failure by us, our vendors or other business partners to comply with international, U.S. federal, state or local laws and regulations regarding data privacy or cybersecurity could result in regulatory actions or lawsuits against us, legal liability, injunctions, fines, damages or other costs. We may also incur substantial expenses in implementing and maintaining compliance with such laws and regulations, including those that require certain types of data to be retained on servers within these jurisdictions. In addition, enactment or expansion of laws related to the use of artificial intelligence in our operations could increase the cost of doing business, subject us to potential liability, regulatory risk or reputational harm. Our failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations may result in privacy claims or enforcement actions against us, including liabilities, fines and damage to our reputation, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. 22 22 22 Table of Contents Table of Contents For example, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), and the United Kingdom’s GDPR impose compliance obligations on companies that process personal data of people in the European Union and United Kingdom, respectively. Compliance with these laws requires investment into ongoing data protection activities and documentation requirements, and creates the potential for fines and liabilities for noncompliance. In addition, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Virginia, Utah, and other states have enacted comprehensive privacy laws that restrict the collection, use, and processing of personal information, provide rights to residents of those respective states, and create corresponding compliance obligations and litigation risks. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, the “CPRA”), the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (the “VCDPA”), and the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”), provide for consumer rights for residents of those respective states and create corresponding compliance obligations and litigation risks. The impact from the VCDPA and the CPA to Booz Allen is currently low because most of our personal information is client- or employee-related and therefore not defined as consumer-related. However, the CCPA now covers personal information collected from California residents in the context of recruitment and employment, as well as business-to-business arrangements, and therefore imposes additional compliance obligations on Booz Allen with respect to such personal information. These comprehensive state privacy laws, or other emerging U.S. state or global privacy laws, may require additional investment in compliance programs and potential modifications to business processes, and could result in fines, individual claims, and liabilities for certain compliance failures, particularly in the event of a data breach. As other states follow this trend, laws of this nature could be deemed applicable to some aspects of our business. This will impose new compliance obligations and require additional investment into data protection activities. Any obligations that may be imposed on us under CCPA, CPRA, VCDPA, CPA or similar laws may increase our compliance costs and potential liability, particularly in the event of a data breach, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, including how we use personal information or our results of operations. The U.S. Congress is considering federal privacy, cybersecurity and AI legislation that would create requirements similar to or possibly exceeding these comprehensive U.S. state privacy laws on a 50-state basis. Any federal legislation may or may not preempt the comprehensive U.S. state privacy laws, creating the possibility of different compliance measures or enforcement risks nationally or on a per-state basis. Any obligations that may be imposed on us under any of the comprehensive U.S. state privacy laws or similar laws may be different from or in addition to those required by the EU GDPR, UK GDPR, and any other applicable international laws, which may cause additional expense for compliance across jurisdictions. The EU GDPR, UK GDPR, other international laws, and the laws of U.S. states also impose obligations to maintain and implement an information security program that includes administrative, technical, physical, or organizational safeguards, as well as obligations to give notice to affected individuals and to certain regulators in the event of a data breach. We may be required to spend significant resources to comply with these information security and data breach legal requirements. A significant data breach (including various forms of external attack, such as ransomware, as well as data incidents resulting from internal actions or omissions) could have negative consequences for our business and future prospects, including possible penalties, fines, damages, reduced customer demand, legal claims against and by clients, personnel, business partners or other persons claiming to be affected, harm to our systems and operations and harm to our reputation and brand. 23 23 23 Table of Contents Table of Contents In addition, as a contractor supporting defense and national security clients, we are subject to certain additional regulatory compliance requirements relating to data privacy and cybersecurity. Under DFARS and other federal regulations, our networks and IT systems are required to comply with the security and privacy controls in certain National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publications (“NIST SP”). To the extent that we do not comply with the applicable security and control requirements, unauthorized access or disclosure of sensitive information could result in a contract termination, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results and lead to reputational harm. We are also subject to the Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”), requirements, which will require all contractors to receive specific third-party certifications relating to specified cybersecurity standards in order to be eligible for contract awards. Under “CMMC 1.0”, released in January 2020, there were 5 maturity levels, comprised of 171 requirements and 14 required processes. In March 2021, the Department of Defense initiated an interim review of CMMC’s implementation, which led to a refinement of the overall program and implementation strategy. In November 2021, the Department of Defense announced “CMMC 2.0”, which included updated program structure and requirements. These refinements included a reduction in levels from 5 to 3, which includes the removal of CMMC-unique practices and reliance on the practices set forth in NIST SP 800-171(r2). The Department of Defense announced that CMMC 2.0 will become a contract requirement, likely to appear in contracts within one year of the rule going into effect, and is expected to appear in all defense contracts within two years of the rule going into effect. On December 26, 2023, the Department of Defense published a proposed rule for the CMMC 2.0 program requirements, and may face delays with uncertainties regarding final details and timing of the final requirements. To the extent we are unable to achieve certification in advance of applicable contract awards that specify the requirement, we will be unable to bid on such contract awards or on follow-on awards for existing work with the Department of Defense, depending on the level of standard as required for each solicitation, which could adversely impact our revenue and profitability. In addition, our subcontractors, and in some cases our vendors, may also be required to adhere to the CMMC program requirements and potentially to achieve certification. Should our supply chain fail to meet compliance requirements or achieve certification, this may adversely affect our ability to receive award or execute on relevant government programs. In addition, any obligations that may be imposed on us under the CMMC may be different from or in addition to those otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations, which may cause additional expense for compliance.