DSB: Pentagon should enhance program protection plans to help reduce cyber vulnerabilities

By Jordana Mishory / March 13, 2017 at 6:04 PM
Aiming to shore up the microelectronics supply chain from cyberattack, the Pentagon's acquisition chief should enhance protection programs for weapon systems, the Defense Science Board recommends in a new report released Monday. The new study from the DSB's task force on the cyber supply chain issued 25 different recommendations on this front designed to help better understand the supply chain risk, mitigate potential vulnerabilities, enhance acquisition decisions and support life-cycle operations. Microelectronic supply chains are vulnerable to tampering. Adversaries can...

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