Honeywell Aerospace has agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle allegations that the company failed to comply with cybersecurity requirements in a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), a case first brought by a whistleblower.
A business unit of Honeywell International contracted with the DOD to provide network services, and from April 2020 through December 2023, it allegedly committed multiple False Claims Act (FCA) violations, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday in a press release. Honeywell Aerospace did not follow the cybersecurity requirements of a National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication; by billing the government and certifying it was compliant, the company filed false claims, the DOJ alleged.
