Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), more commonly known among the Defense Industrial Base as “CUI,” presents today’s defense contractors with a challenging conundrum: To even know if their business has CUI.

When we talk about CUI and its broader category Federal Contract Information (FCI), the issue boils down to how the United States Government (USG) and the Department of Defense (DoD) want the commercial businesses in its supply chain to protect its intellectual property. The purpose of this white paper is to help people in or supplying the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) understand CUI, where they may be generating it, and some recommendations.