Thank you Matthew Bull of the International Security Journal (ISJ) for considering my comments, following yesterdays announcement by the U.S, UK and Australia to manufacture Nuclear Submarines for the Australian Government. The pact outlines increased cooperation over cybersecurity between the…
In an update to yesterdays announcement that the US, UK and Australia have agreed to collaborate in what could be seen as a move to counter the influence of China in the APAC region. There is agreement to work together…
US, UK and Australian partnership announced to build nuclear powered submarines for Australia. The Chinese may not be to happy with such a capable weapon system homed in the region. View Original Post
At a recent event Ellen Lord, the former undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and Christine Michienzi, CTO for the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy discussed the vulnerability of the supply chains. With…
I’m please to see that the letter from US trade associations on CMMC references the DoDs move to holistic approach to information risk management and the need for international reciprocity of cyber and audit standards, oversight and assurance. Especially the…
As a founding member of the CMMC AB standards working group and having built and led both 1st and 2nd Lines of Defence for cybersecurity and risk across regulated markets, I know the CMMC intimately and in my opinion CMMC…
It is widely recognised that cybersecurity compliance for the US Defence Industry Base (DIB) will be a challenge. Challenges which will impact any sector if programs like CMMC are deployed by other Federal Agencies. NIST SP 800-171 Self attestation under…
There is allot of criticism abound about the US DoD CMMC program. But its not levelled at the need to implement cybersecurity across the global DIB. It is invariable focused upon the way the proposed CMMC program has been developed…
A good read from Bloomberg. Small business is the achilles heel of any strategic cybersecurity program, whether it is run in the US, Europe or Asia. This is not a negative comment it is a fact, the math says it…
The US State Department has reported it has been hacked at some point in the past few weeks. Coming at a time when they are working to evacuate US Nationals and Dependents from Afghanistan. The hack also comes at the…
