
The discovery in late 2020 of a software supply chain vulnerability that may have compromised thousands of private and public information technology networks, including the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies, showed that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) lacked resources to best respond to the breach, a DHS audit agency reported on Monday. The shortcomings included no secure communications system, insufficient secure space, limited access to intelligence for some staff, and understaffing, says the Office of…