
President Trump signed a legislative package Dec. 21 aimed at improving federal agencies’ cyber security risks, including establishing an inter-agency council to set IT supply chain standards and setting up the Department of Homeland Security’s first bug bounty program. The new bill requires agencies to select representatives for the new Federal Acquisition Security Council, to be led by a senior Office of Management and Budget official, before May and directs the DHS secretary to finalize plans for the department’s ethical…