Supply Chain Risk Management Capabilities Center
June 25, 2024 to June 26, 2024
Webinar
1 Hour
No Fee
Over the course of two afternoons, Federal News Network will explore civilian agency progress in using the cloud to improve digital services and federal missions:
The Pentagon remains sluggish in fielding innovative weapon systems even as security risks intensify, the Government Accountability Office said in its annual assessment of major arms programs released June 17.
The congressional watchdog’s report examined 70 major weapon systems across the military services. GAO flags several hiccups in Space Force programs, including long-standing issues with the Global Positioning System’s ground control system and user equipment.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. As described in Executive Order 14017 of February 24, 2021 (America’s Supply Chains), it is the policy of my Administration to strengthen the enduring resilience of America’s supply chains. The United States needs resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure our economic prosperity, public health, and national security.
President Biden issued an executive order today aimed at fortifying America’s supply chains, with a particular emphasis on critical infrastructure (CI).
The order solidifies the establishment of a White House council specifically geared towards bolstering supply chain resilience. A key task for this council is conducting a thorough review of industries critical to national or economic security every four years.
The first report is due no later than Dec. 31.
The paper explores the myriad of risks faced by modern supply chains, ranging from natural disasters and geopolitical tensions to cyber threats and disruptions in global trade patterns. It investigates how technological innovations such as blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and predictive analytics are reshaping traditional risk management approaches by providing real-time visibility, data-driven insights, and proactive mitigation strategies.
A threat actor known as ShinyHunters is selling what they claim is the personal and financial information of 560 million Ticketmaster customers on the recently revived BreachForums hacking forum for $500,000.
The allegedly stolen databases, which were first put up for sale on the Russian hacking forum Exploit, supposedly contain 1.3TB of data and the customers’ full details (i.e., names, home and email addresses, and phone numbers), as well as ticket sales, order, and event information.
An attack on remote monitoring devices in Japan underscores an emerging cybersecurity threat to the rapidly growing solar component of the power grid. Inverters used with solar panels could pose a more significant risk. In what might be the first publicly confirmed cyberattack on the solar power grid infrastructure, Japanese media recently reported that malicious actors hijacked 800 SolarView Compact remote monitoring devices made by industrial control electronics manufacturer Contec at solar power generation facilities to engage in bank account thefts.
Supply chain disruptions are a major managerial issue due to their detrimental effects on businesses and supply chain networks. Organizations must develop a resilient strategy, which is the ability to survive, adapt, and grow during all kinds of disruptions. The main purpose of this research is to empirically validate the impact of supply chain (SC) ambidexterity and risk management, on SC resilience and the mediating effect of SC analytics capability on their relationship.
When FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party in January, he painted a chilling picture of foreign adversarial cyber-agents pre-positioned in the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure operators ready to strike at a moment of Beijing’s choosing.
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Time 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM ET
Location type In-person
Location McLean VA
Delivery: Live
Event type: Conference
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will host the first annual Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force Conference, titled Innovations in ICT Supply Chain Risk Management on June 12 at the MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA. Speakers and panelists will include CISA Director Jen Easterly and other senior officials from CISA, as well as leaders from the national security and cyber community, Task Force members, C-suite executives, and SCRM experts. Come engage with these leaders as they discuss critical and emerging topics, technologies, and resources for mitigating and reducing risks to the global ICT supply chain.