Managers of information technology systems in both the private and public sectors have had their hands full dealing with security breaches that come from hackers invading IT systems. Increasingly, however, IT systems are becoming vulnerable from another channel — the actual supply chain sources of both hardware equipment and software programs. Federal agencies are just as vulnerable as commercial enterprises to supply chain security breaches, and perhaps are even more sensitive to such vulnerabilities given the nature of government information involving everything from taxpayer data to national security data.
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Federal Agencies Struggle With Protecting IT Supply Chain
Posted by: John K. Higgins April 3, 2012 05:00 AMManagers of information technology systems in both the private and public sectors have had their hands full dealing with security breaches that come from hackers invading IT systems. Increasingly, however, IT systems are becoming vulnerable from another channel — the actual supply chain sources of both hardware equipment and software programs. Federal agencies are just as vulnerable as commercial enterprises to supply chain security breaches, and perhaps are even more sensitive to such vulnerabilities given the nature of government information involving everything from taxpayer data to national security data.