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DHS Launches Effort To Identify Supply Chain Risks In Government And Industry

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 14th, 2018

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DHS Launches Effort To Identify Supply Chain Risks In Government And Industry

Jeanette Manfra, Assistant Director for Cybersecurity with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Photo: Department of Homeland Security

Working with partners in government and industry, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has initiated an assessment of potential supply chain risks facing federal civilian agencies in their procurements and is also working with industry to understand these risks, a department official said on Wednesday.The initiative began this year and is in the early stages of scoping to “narrow down” the focus and to better understand supply chain risks and what can be done about them, Jeanette Manfra, assistant secretary…

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