Cybersecurity
NIST’s Supply-Chain Security Guidance Tells Agencies: Look to FedRAMP First
The agency has spent years revising guidance for organizations to address vulnerabilities presented by vendors of software and other enterprise suppliers.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Pros Signal Regulatory Challenge for Securing Industrial Control Systems
A studious adversary may be hellbent on destruction, and a comprehensive approach is needed to successfully govern the protection of critical infrastructure, specialists say.
Cybersecurity
Energy to Fund Development of Climate-Friendly Grid Security and Resilience
The effort reflects a commitment to clean energy while aiming to mitigate supply-chain threats.
Modernization
NatSec Experts to Congress: Pass Legislation to Boost Domestic Semiconductor Production
The Bipartisan Innovation Act would inject tens of billions into domestic semiconductor production.
Cybersecurity
CISA Director Details Growing Threat to Maritime Transportation Sector
Cybersecurity professionals are noting the possibility of Russia reprising a watershed attack on the shipping industry to hit back against the U.S. economy.
Digital Government
White House Unveils New Supply Chain Data Sharing Pilot
Helmed by the Department of Transportation, FLOW will work to improve consumers’ access to goods through streamlining shipping and delivery operations.
Digital Government
CISA Replaces Chair of Supply-Chain Risk Management Task Force on Network Tech
Bob Kolasky is leaving government for the private sector, after leading the public-private task force alongside executives from trade associations of the largest critical software and networking gear providers.
Cybersecurity
Supply Chain Security Training and FISMA Overhaul Bills Clear House Committee
The committee chair highlighted a need for incident reporting and other requirements for federal contractors.
Modernization
AT&T Completes First 5G Demonstration for ‘Smart Warehouse’ Effort
The work continues to unfold, even in the face of supply chain strains.
Emerging Tech
DARPA Enters Phase 2 of Project Targeting ‘Quantum Advantage’
Rigetti and USRA are supporting this future-facing effort.
Artificial Intelligence
Air Force Doubles Down on Tech to Stay On Top of Supply Chain Demands
Officials recently shed light on a system that explores “what-ifs” connected to needed assets.
Policy
Biden Admin Touts ‘Significant Progress’ in Made in America Office's First Year
The office’s purpose is to coordinate federal efforts and maximize the use of domestic goods by taxpayer-funded federal agencies when appropriate.
Cybersecurity
Big Tech Anxious About Commerce Plan to Secure Supply Chains from Foreign Influence
Comments an association of industry giants made on a notice of proposed rulemaking from the Commerce Department come amid multiple government efforts to reduce cybersecurity risks in globally produced information and communications technology.
Ideas
3 Strategies for Securing the Supply Chain, Security’s Weakest Link
Today, no vendor or agency is safe—and just as importantly, no single organization can address all these threats independently.
Cybersecurity
New CMMC Training to Align with Certification Changes
Look for trainers working on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program to realign their efforts to support recent changes to the certification process in 2022.
Ideas
Cream Cheese is the Just the Smooth Tip of a Sharp Problem
With ransomware hackers varying their targets to include operational technology used by U.S. factories and manufacturers, is an OT executive order needed to help combat them?
Ideas
Modernizing FISMA. Again.
The federal government needs to improve its information security to keep pace with the dynamic threats to federal networks and supply chains.
Digital Government
FTC Investigating Major Retailers Over Supply Chain Backlog
The Federal Trade Commission requested data from nine large U.S. retailers to gauge causes of supply chain bottlenecks and rising prices.
Ideas