
The new federal council tasked with addressing supply chain security will hold its first meeting before the end of the month as officials look to implement a more scalable approach to barring certain companies from doing business with U.S. government rather than issuing individual directives, a top cyber security official said Thursday. Grant Schneider, the federal chief information security officer, told attendees at a McAfee conference the new Federal Acquisition Security Council is able to leverage classified information to speed…