Supply chain forgotten element in cybersecurity - US report

CACI International and the U.S. Naval Institute have released a report on national security and assessing cyber threats specifically on global supply chains. The report, Cyber Threats to National Security: Countering Challenges to the Global Supply Chain, provides recommendations to better understand and prepare for cyber threats. The senior vice president of CACI's Cyber Solutions Group and former FBI Chief Information Officer, Zal Azmi said the report was published to raise awareness of the threat to supply chains because it wasn’t getting the attention it warranted.

Azmi said there are two things to worry about in cyber space: actors and attack vectors. "Supply chain is one of those attack vectors that we need to worry about," Azmi said. "The idea is that every thing we deal with if it's goods or information technology, we need to ensure its security from end to end. If you're looking at the technology of a supply chain then we're looking at the design of a chip, to manufacturing to transport to installation to operation and maintenance. At any given time, this computer equipment or this chip or this software is open to intrusions so we must provide end to end security for it."

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