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Regulatory efforts sharpen on supply-chain; tech moves to head off 'fragmentation' of IoT rules

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Supply-chain issues dominate the regulatory policy space around cybersecurity, as the Defense Department advances its contractor certification program, the FCC works to finalize security rules on telecom systems and the tech sector has produced new guidelines on security for the Internet ...

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Regulatory efforts sharpen on supply-chain; tech moves to head off 'fragmentation' of IoT rules

Supply-chain issues dominate the regulatory policy space around cybersecurity, as the Defense Department advances its contractor certification program, the FCC works to finalize security ...

Regulatory efforts sharpen on supply-chain; tech moves to head off 'fragmentation' of IoT rules

Regulatory efforts sharpen on supply-chain; tech moves to head off 'fragmentation' of IoT rules Supply-chain issues dominate the regulatory policy space around cybersecurity, as the Defense ...

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Q1 2019 Cyberwarfare Report: Indictments, Sanctions, And Supply Chain Poisoning

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White House report: Defense industry faces ‘unprecedented challenges,’ China’s ‘economic aggression’ a threat to national security

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NSA Launches New Cybersecurity Directorate

NSA is redefining its cybersecurity mission and with the Cybersecurity Directorate it will enhance its partnerships with unclassified collaboration and information sharing. Under the new ...

Symantec joins the DIB CS program to share threat information between DOD and industry

Symantec announced it has become a member of the United States’ Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) program.