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CISA Extends ICT Supply Chain Risk Task Force To Continue Work

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, February 5th, 2021

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CISA Extends ICT Supply Chain Risk Task Force To Continue Work

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The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is extending by six-months its public-private task force that is addressing challenges with the information and communications technology (ICT) supply chain, allowing the group to continue its work leading up to the release of various reports and projects. “The work of the task force over the past two years has been invaluable to the critical infrastructure community,” Bob Kolasky, assistant director of CISA and co-chair of the ICT Supply…

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