The U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center will begin providing supply chain threat reports to critical U.S. telecommunications, energy, and financial businesses in an effort to defend against cyberattacks, among other threats.
The U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) will begin providing supply chain threat reports to critical U.S. telecommunications, energy and financial businesses, the agency said in a statement.
The reports are part of an effort to defend against cyberattacks and other threats that could result in the theft of vital data or disrupt operations in critical systems. NCSC said the reports will initially be distributed to government partners, and eventually be made available to industry writ large.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence described the threats to private sector supply chains in a video on supply chain risk management release in conjunction with the NCSC statement.
The video urges companies to include a member of the company’s acquisition division in planning sessions to defend against cyber attacks, and to know whether their suppliers are associated with political adversaries of the U.S.
According to an interview with Bloomberg, the threat reports will begin in around two months via secure channels and are expected to focus on pre-empting attacks before they occur rather than diagnosing what went wrong after the fact.
U.S. intelligence agency to advise industry on supply chain security
