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Cyber Supply Chain Task Force Chairs Highlight Legal Obstacles To Information Sharing

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 16th, 2019

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Cyber Supply Chain Task Force Chairs Highlight Legal Obstacles To Information Sharing

A key obstacle to reducing cyber security risks in the information and communications technology (ICT) supply chain is potential legal action stemming from sharing information about suspect suppliers, industry and government officials told a House panel on Wednesday. The legal concerns about sharing information on suspect suppliers were outlined in a recent interim report by ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force, a public-private partnership co-chaired by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and information…

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