International collaboration and harmonization is required if we are to manage cybersecurity and fight cyber crime. Various security services work together nationally and internationally on offensive cyber and have done for many years. But we lack global harmonisation of cybersecurity…
The enclosed Executive Order (EO) on ‘Ensuring Robust Consideration of Evolving National Security Risks by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ is an important read. It should be read for its impactions on U.S and potentially foreign supply…
Thank you John Parmley. We cannot overstate the importance of this Public hearing at so many levels and well worth finding 2.5 hours to watch. A competent performance from the ex-CISO. One expects the output of this hearing will add…
The recent NATO hack of data from Portugal and the MBDA hack demonstrates that critical data can be taken from secure sources. The DIB has been criticized several time by the GAO for its lack of cybersecurity, that resulted in…
Reports are circulating of a data breach of the Portugals Armed Forces EMGFA (agency responsible for the planning, command, and control of the Armed Forces), of NATO documents being offered for sale on the dark web. US intelligence detected for…
This video with the U.S Pentagons head of acquisition Bill LaPlante focusing on the challenges small suppliers face with supplying the DoD, is worth watching. So many areas covered including resiliency, redundancy, costs, labour shortages, firm fixed price contracting, putting…
Ted Dziekanowski will these proposals define an industrial policy that focuses on the protection of corporate Americas IP and national manufacturing capacity and capability to bolster National Security? Will industrial policy make its way into the DoD Defence Industry Base…
I am interested to know how the DoD will evaluate DFARS 252.204-7012 compliance of the international DIB? Will it rely on Prime contractors to evaluate SPRS compliance down their supply chains or expect subcontractors to self attest? View Original Post…
It comes as a surprise given the global cybersecurity challenges that there are layoffs. Requirements for cybersecurity are increasing with the backdrop of increased U.S and EU regulation only increasing the need for more skilled cyber resources. There is so…
Are we seeing the ONCD move towards the creation of a Defensive cyber strategy and bolster its efforts to implement a national cyber defense program? Ted Dziekanowski #theaugustagroup #cybersecurity #cyberdefense #cyberriskmanagement View Original Post
