The importance of maritime transport in maintaining security of supply has been highlighted during the coronavirus pandemic, says Ville Haapasaari, CEO of the Port of Helsinki. Keep Reading
During COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will continue to utilize and implement additional alternative inspection tools and approaches while postponing domestic and foreign routine surveillance inspections. Keep Reading
Many seafarers on board ships (and personnel in the offshore industry) have been on enforced extended contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic, with restrictions on travel making it difficult for crew to leave ships and for new crew to join ships. Keep Reading
The accreditation body overseeing the Defense Department’s cybersecurity certification for prospective contractors is also authorized to provide certified companies with cybersecurity services, according to members of the group’s board of directors. Keep Reading
The Chairman and Ranking Member urged OMB to provide special consideration to small businesses and provide these firms with both a clear path toward compliance and a reasonable compliance time frame. Keep Reading
FEMA released guidance on how to best preserve PPE in your communities. Please review this guidance and be judicious in your requests for PPE and only request PPE after implementing strategies to optimize your current supply. Keep Reading
Efforts to date have focused on reducing the medical supply chain capacity gap to both satisfy and relieve demand pressure on medical supply capacity. Keep Reading
5G infrastructure "must be secure and reliable to maintain information security and address risks to critical infrastructure, public health and safety, and economic and national security." Keep Reading
Closing the gap between what the private sector is able to provide to healthcare end-users and what is needed for the fight against COVID-19 is a key priority for the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Keep Reading
China is building and supplying rail cars after outbidding the competition, bringing the potential for adversarial access. Keep Reading
A manufacturer has alerted the FDA to a shortage of a human drug that was recently added to the drug shortages list. The manufacturer just notified FDA that this shortage is related to a site affected by coronavirus. Keep Reading
Insider threats, theft of sensitive information, hacking and even "assassination attempts by foreign intelligence services" on U.S. soil require whole-of-society approach, Evanina says. Keep Reading
The FBI says hackers are attempting to infect companies with the Kwampirs malware, a remote access trojan (RAT). Keep Reading
The forum—co-led by Defense, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Homeland Security Department and the General Services Administration and attended by public and private sector representatives—meets quarterly. Keep Reading
There are still few answers on how to secure the government’s technology supply chain, according to federal Chief Information Security Officer Grant Schneider. Keep Reading
The proposed rule sets out the procedures the Secretary of Commerce plans to use to identify, assess, and address ICTS transactions that pose an undue risk to ICTS in the United States. Keep Reading
“The company was compromised [and] had a big cybersecurity vulnerability,” said Iversen, speaking at Fifth Domain’s annual CyberCon conference. Keep Reading
The report, which the task force’s co-chairs presented before the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, details two key takeaways. Keep Reading
Top members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee called for the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) to come up with a plan of action. Keep Reading
The terminal manager’s radio crackles. It is 7:30 on the morning after landfall. Seven tankers are now at the gate. Fewer than usual for a Thursday, but ready to be filled. Keep Reading