Dive Brief:
- U.S. intelligence officials plan to share classified information with American energy, financial and communications companies to help prevent crimes, including hacking, that can threaten their supply chains, Bloomberg reports.
- The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) wants businesses to know their supply chains are vulnerable to criminals, disgruntled workers, hackers and foreign governments.
- Cyberattacks are increasingly commonplace and can disrupt operations or steal information that could impact daily people's lives. Recent attacks on Oracle's point-of-sale system and the Democratic National Convention, among others, highlight the widening scope of cyber breaches.
Dive Insight:
Someone who can control or manipulate the U.S. financial, energy or telecommunications industries would be hitting the "bedrock of our capitalist supremacy around the world," NCSC Director William Evanina told Bloomberg.
Evanina's office is putting together a supply chain risk management outline for other government agencies and companies, and also released a video recommending a variety of cyber-risk mitigation strategies.
The video suggests integrating procurement offices within the threat and assurance corporate infrastructure; asking suppliers to declare their partners and subcontractors; and mapping supply chain links to determine whether U.S. adversaries may be involved.
