
The Department of Commerce on Thursday issued an interim rule to secure the nation’s information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply chain, identifying China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela as threats. The interim rule, which will be published soon in the Federal Register, was directed by President Trump’s May 2019 Executive Order 13873 on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (Defense Daily, May 15, 2019). The directive didn’t identify specific foreign adversaries but…