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Cyber

Regulatory Clarity, Cybersecurity Framework Will Help Better Protect Defense Supply Chains, Deloitte Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 13th, 2019

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Regulatory Clarity, Cybersecurity Framework Will Help Better Protect Defense Supply Chains, Deloitte Says

Government regulations around cyber security requirements throughout the defense industrial supply chain need to be more clearly defined and small and medium-sized contractors may be unaware of these regulations and or lack the resources to implement them, says a new report by the consulting firm Deloitte. “Significant importance is being given to cybersecurity because of a robust regulatory system,” Deloitte says in the paper, Third Party Risk Management: Cybersecurity in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). “However, these regulations will need…

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