Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Oct 18, 2025
1252.239-86 - 1252.239-86 Boundary Protection—Trusted Internet Connections.

As prescribed in 1239.7204(k), insert the clause as follows:

Boundary Protection—Trusted Internet Connections (NOV 2022)

The Contractor shall ensure that Federal information, other than non-sensitive information, being transmitted from Federal government entities to external entities using cloud services is inspected by Trusted internet Connections (TIC) processes or the Contractor shall route all external connections through a Trusted internet Connection (TIC).

(End of clause)
authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304
source: 87 FR 61159, Oct. 7, 2022, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 48 CFR 1252.239-86