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.
Software Supply Chain Risk Assessment (C-SCRM) Patent Issued to Reliable Energy Analytics (REA™)
REA is pleased to announce it has been assigned patent number, 11,374,961, with an effective issuance date of June 28, 2022 for its Software Assurance Guardian (SAG™) METHODS FOR VERIFICATION OF SOFTWARE OBJECT AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY for software products and the software supply chain (C-SCRM). REA was motivated to develop this patented technology to assess risk and trust in a software supply chain starting in November, 2018 after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 850, “Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards” [18CFR40] to protect the bulk electric grid from software supply chain risks.
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
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
NRMC: Vulnerability Awareness, Partnership Essential to ICT Supply Chain Security
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is taking a multi-faceted approach to supply chain security, and chief among them is putting in place strong public-private partnerships to maintain supply chain resilience and maintaining high awareness about the sources of supply chain threats.
That was the word from Mara Winn, Associate Director of CISA’s National Risk Management Center (NRMC), who provided updates on the NRMC’s work at FCW’s NASA SEWP SCRM Hybrid Forum 2022 on May 24.
Having a common language on security then allows organizations to have an “apples-to-apples conversation with your vendors” that are especially useful because different groups have different tolerance for risk, she said.
Winn also emphasized the importance of agencies constantly looking for where threats are coming from, and understand the trustworthiness of their own supply chain. She highlighted that everyday risks to the supply chain are “more than just ships having trouble in ports.”
Source: NRMC: Vulnerability Awareness, Partnerships Essential to ICT Supply Chain Security – MeriTalk
FDA Urges Drug Manufacturers to Develop Risk Management Plans to Promote a Stronger, Resilient Drug Supply Chain
For Immediate Release: May 19, 2022
Statement From: Patrizia Cavazzoni, M.D., Director – Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Drug shortages pose a significant public health threat as they can delay, and in some cases, even deny critically needed care for patients. Over the past decade, the FDA’s efforts have contributed to fewer new drug shortages and reduced the time to resolve existing drug shortages. This is due, in part, to authorities the agency now has, including those added by the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.
To further assist manufacturers with these requirements, we are issuing a draft guidance, Risk Management Plans to Mitigate the Potential for Drug Shortages, intended to help with the development, maintenance and implementation of risk management plans.
The draft guidance describes a framework for stakeholders to consider when developing risk management plans that aligns with principles stated in the International Council for Harmonisation guidance for industry, Q9 Quality Risk Management, and identifies risk factors to consider when developing the content of risk management plans. The steps needed to reduce risks of a disruption in drug supply may vary among the different manufacturers in the supply chain for a given drug.
Using Tech to Build Supply Chain Resilience in a Changing World
Source: Using Tech to Build Supply Chain Resilience in a Changing World (entrepreneur.com)
Proper supply chain management is critical to smooth business operation, agility and profitability. Beyond coordination, resilience is a key quality required for supply chain management.
Covid-19 related supply chain disruptions have affected most industries. Vast numbers of companies across the globe experienced troubles during Covid-19, impacting shipment timing, costs, efficiency and revenues. These impacts highlight the importance of building a supply chain that can weather a storm and be capable of quick recovery.