US needs ‘manufacturing renaissance’ to compete with China: Report
Reagan Institute warns of "inadequate" investments, "exceedingly fragile" supply chains, and "insufficient" accountability of government officials, among other US weaknesses.
Former CISA head warns of rivals’ ‘destructive’ cyber capabilities
"There's one line [in the notice] that should scare the hell out of everyone everywhere," Chris Krebs said.
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DoD Forms New Task Force To Shore Up Supply Chain
“A comprehensive strategic approach will take time, dedicated attention, and resources,” DoD official Gregory Kausner said.
DoD Picks Intel To Make Chips In US
The contract award is the first phase in the DoD’s Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes – Commercial (RAMP-C) program, which is intended to bolster US-based commercial foundries.
Amid Space Race, Cybersecurity And Resiliency Remain Concerns: Experts
The space rush will result in tens of thousands of new assets launched within the decade, which will create a "truly enormous" cyber attack surface, said Sam Visner, a technical fellow at the MITRE Corporation.
Congressional Report Could Be Major Step To Strengthen US Defense Supply Chain
"Throughout the pandemic, US adversaries like China weaponized supply chain vulnerabilities in a way that threatened Americans’ health and security," warned Rep. Mike Gallagher.
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Exclusive: NRO Erects Buy American Barriers Against Allied Satellite Data
The new policy is inconsistent with efforts by DoD and NGA to expand the trusted supplier base by better integrating allied firms into their acquisition chains, critics say.
Government’s ‘Critical Software’ Rules Could Drive Away Industry
"It's quite possible that if [the government] doesn't get this right, then none of those companies will want to do business with government," defense acquisition expert Bill Greenwalt told Breaking Defense. "That's extremely problematic."
CISA Publishes Cyber ‘Bad Practices’
The bad practices are aimed especially at -- though not limited to -- educating critical infrastructure owners and operators. This includes, of course, the defense industrial base and many who support its supply chain -- from communications equipment and high-tech capabilities to electrical and mechanical components for military hardware, such as tanks, planes, and ships.
DoD Seeks $2.3B To Bolster US Chip Making
"From the DoD's perspective, they're highly dependent on [Asia] for fabrication and packaging [of chips]," Hudson Institute's Bryan Clark tells Breaking Defense. This has led to DoD calls to address a "fragile and threatened" chip supply chain.
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Space Organizations Partner To Boost Cybersecurity
"We don't have a parochial view, thinking that because [a cyber incident] happened over there [in that industry], it can't happen here [in the space industry]," AIAA's Lee says.
Automation, ID & Zero Trust: NIST Scientists Speak
Zero-trust security "is not one single product that one can purchase off the shelf," a NIST scientist observes. But underlying zero trust's many component parts are a few critical elements, including identity and automation.
Global Threats: FBI Launches ‘New Investigation Into China Every 10 Hours’
"That was a list of about as many awful things in 10 minutes as I may have heard in recent time," Sen. Mark Warner said of the DNI's threat assessment. Top of mind: China, cyber, and emerging tech.
A ‘Wake-Up Call’ For Defense IT, Comms Supply Chains: ODNI
Corell spoke on information and communications tech (ICT) supply chain risks on the same day DARPA and Intel announced a three-year partnership to develop and domestically manufacture new semiconductors for DoD applications.