GAO to Suggest More than 100 Ways to Secure Federal IT Supply Chains

NextGov: A pending report from the Government Accountability Office will outline more than 100 recommendations describing how federal agencies should mitigate risks in their information and communications technology supply chains associated with foreign suppliers.

The report, which is expected to be issued in September, is the first comprehensive look at whether agencies have processes in place to address the potential vulnerabilities created by global, distributed supply chains, Carol Harris, the director of GAO's IT and cybersecurity team, told Nextgov. GAO analyzed the supply chains of the 23 civilian agencies at the behest of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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