House Committee on Oversight and Accountability leaders from both sides of the aisle introduced new legislation today to expand and strengthen the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) and give it more authority to keep adversarial technology out of Federal government tech supply chains. […]

The Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) published a final rule in the Federal Register this week to assess Federal government supply chain risk information, as well as remove and exclude IT products, systems, or services that pose a national security risk. […]

With the Federal government placing more and more emphasis on supply chain security, harmonizing various efforts to reduce confusion is an important step towards better regulation, said Grant Schneider, former Federal CISO, and now senior director of cybersecurity services at Venable. […]