Dark Web Sites Selling Western Weapons Allegedly Sent to Ukraine
Source: Bleeping Computer
Published: June 9, 2022
Several weapon marketplaces on the dark web have listed military-grade firearms allegedly coming from Western countries that sent them to support the Ukrainian army in its fight against the Russian invaders. Supposedly, these weapons were somehow put aside from the received supplies and are now being made available to terrorists looking to buy rocket launchers and other high-impact attack systems. While the listings appear genuine and the offered weapons are priced realistically, the chances of them being created by pro-Russian actors for propaganda purposes are high.
How Space Development Agency contractors are mitigating supply chain issues
How Space Development Agency contractors are mitigating supply chain issues
Source: C4ISRNET
Published: June 8, 2022
Long before the Space Development Agency awarded its first contract, officials knew that building a diverse, strong supply base would be an important part of its plan to produce and field constellations of hundreds of small satellites. The agency’s vision for using these proliferated constellations to augment and boost the resilience of traditional U.S. Department of Defense systems required a more flexible approach from the government and industry, officials told C4ISRNET. And so, from the beginning, SDA leadership challenged its prime contractors to find ways to foster competition among their supplier base and build redundancy into their strategies.
U.S. National Guard’s Cyber Training Emphasizes Social Media, Supply Chain Protection
U.S. National Guard’s Cyber Training Emphasizes Social Media, Supply Chain Protection
Source: Nextgov
June 7, 2022
With both public and private digital networks increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks from domestic and foreign adversaries alike, the National Guard is launching its annual, unclassified Cyber Shield exercise from June 5 to 17 to further safeguard federal networks.
“Cyber Shield 2022 is putting the spotlight on that primary mission this year,” Maj. Gen. Richard Neely said. “The Department of Defense and the private sector need to continue to work together to develop cyber defense together to share best practices and protect our infrastructure.”
Over 800 members of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, based in the Department of Homeland Security, will join National Guard members in digital training exercises in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
Will the economy deflect the trajectory of space startups?
The Space Review
June 6, 2022
Predicting the shakeout among the growing number of startups is difficult. Over the past few years, there were far too many companies working on small launch vehicles, each needing to raise tens to hundreds of millions of dollars, than most reasonable forecasts of the market could support. Then there were the LEO constellations, needing in some cases billions of dollars, for demand that might be filled by only a couple such systems.
There are signs, though, the market may be cooling, this time because of external factors. Supply chain problems that rippled through the entire economy have affected space companies, delaying development of satellites and launch systems and increasing costs.
“We see companies that, during a healthy supply chain and healthy markets, would be thriving,” said Jordan Noone, co-founder and general partner at Embedded Ventures who previously cofounded Relativity Space, during a panel session at Space Tech Expo in Long Beach, California, last month. Today, “many of those companies have major struggles.”
Source: The Space Review: Will the economy deflect the trajectory of space startups?
Space Development Agency’s satellite contractors team up to deal with supply shortages
May 17, 2022
SpaceNews
Facing a tight schedule to launch 28 satellites between September 2022 and March 2023, the Space Development Agency and its contractors have had to scramble to deal with parts shortages and other supply chain problems that have affected the entire space industry.
Some satellite programs have been impacted by delays in the deliveries of microprocessors and focal planes arrays but SDA mostly has had to contend with a shortage of lower-end items, the agency’s director Derek Tournear said May 17.
Tournear credited SDA’s satellite manufacturers for having “a pretty good handle from the beginning. They knew from day one that the supply chain would be a risk factor for those space qualified parts.”
Additionally, SDA has reached out to other government agencies to borrow components, he said. “And that’s how we’re able to continue towards this Tranche 0 timeline.”
Source: Space Development Agency’s satellite contractors team up to deal with supply shortages – SpaceNews
Webinar: Adopting a Zero Trust Security Model
June 9, 2022
2PM ET
What role does identity and access management (IDAM) play in the move to a zero trust model?
During the webinar, participants will discuss the ways in which agencies plan to expand and enhance their IDAM capabilities in the immediate future. Agencies will also explore how they are applying micro segmentation to their business models and how they mitigate risk, particularly in their supply chains.
Learning objectives:
- The Incorporation of Identity and Access Management and Zero Trust
- Identity and Access Management and Microsegmentation
- Protecting High-Value Assets
Register here: Adopting a zero trust security model | Federal News Network
Untangling the Supply Chain, Episode 6: If Taiwan Goes, Does Commercial Space Go With It?
The bombs falling in Ukraine have raised major geopolitical issues in Asia. One in particular will seriously impact the future of the commercial space industry. Taiwan’s significance to the world’s supply chain, high-value technology base, microprocessors and the civil life and laws upon which democracy depends are not always considered when we casually ask, “If Taiwan Goes, What Else Goes With It?”
Could the industry be a casualty of a Chinese invasion? In this podcast, hosted by Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI), based on the May 2022 edition of the New York Space Business Roundtable, guests discuss what is really at stake.
Listen to the podcast here: Untangling the Supply Chain (sspi.org)
ANSI to Hold July 27–29 Workshop on Global Supply Chain Security for Microelectronics Standardization
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has announced plans to convene on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) a workshop on global supply chain security for microelectronics standardization. The workshop will be held July 27–29 at the headquarters of Booz Allen Hamilton, 8283 Greensboro Dr., McLean, VA. While in-person participation is strongly encouraged, remote participation will be offered. The workshop agenda and registration information will be announced in due course.
The workshop will assist DoD in gathering and assessing information regarding relevant standardization activities to fulfill its mandate under Section 224 of the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requiring that DoD microelectronics products and services meet trusted supply chain and operational security standards.
Stakeholders identified for targeted outreach include DoD, the Departments of Homeland Security, State, and Commerce—especially the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)—along with suppliers of microelectronics products and services, representatives of major industry sectors that rely on a trusted supply chain and the operational security of microelectronics products and services, and the insurance industry. Ultimately, DoD seeks to foster an ecosystem where trusted supply chain and operational security standards for procuring microelectronics products and services are widely adopted by U.S. government agencies, allies, partners, and commercial industry.
How to Keep Your Enterprise Safe From Digital Supply Chain Attacks
Source: Dark Reading
Published: May 31, 2022
The digital supply chain is under attack like never before. Listed among the top seven security concerns for 2022 by Gartner, digital supply chain security is now top of mind for cybersecurity teams, CISOs, and the entire C-suite. For the first time, digital supply chain attacks are threatening business continuity for large-scale enterprises. Digital supply chains are connected to almost every mission-critical service in an organization. All Internet-facing services are built on a tiered ecosystem of third-party services and infrastructures. In turn, every third party has its own third parties, which have their own third parties, and so on down the line. This means that the vulnerabilities of your vendors and your vendors’ vendors (and so on) often become your vulnerabilities.
View here: How to Keep Your Enterprise Safe From Digital Supply Chain Attacks
American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) Acquisition Working Group (AWG)
A Federal acquisition and Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) Shark Tank hybrid event will take place on June 9, 2022, from 9 AM to 12 PM ET in-person at the General Services Administration’s headquarters (1800 F Street NW) and virtually. This event is sponsored by ACT-IAC and hosted by ACT-IAC’s Acquisition Community of Interest’s (COI’s) C-SCRM Acquisition Working Group (AWG).
This year’s ACT-IAC Shark Tank competition provides a unique opportunity for government, industry, and academia to pitch innovative solutions for the following supply chain problem statement:
What are the foundational tenants in the creation of a Predictive Supply Chain Risk Management process and how can cybersecurity and technology approaches support the ability to project when vulnerabilities may occur prior to an event in lieu of reaction to an event?
More information on the Shark Tank event can be found here.