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Cyber

Report Warns of Cyber Threat To U.S. Supply Chains

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Thursday, August 5th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Increasing reliance on a vastly interconnected computer and communications network that is used by "friend and foe alike" has made the vulnerability of the supply chains used by the United States more vulnerable than ever before, warns a new report that is based on remarks made by participants at a conference in March that was co-sponsored by CACI International [CAI] and the U.S. Naval Institute. "Nearly all supply chains are dependent on converged computer and communications technologies,"…

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