Cybersecurity and Supply Chain Issues After SolarWinds

The recent discovery of the extent and breadth of the SolarWinds security breach within U.S. government agencies has been overwhelming. As a result of this and continued known attacks by outside forces, the U.S. is increasingly taking steps to mitigate its supply chain risks concerning hardware, software, and services.

Due to these increased attacks, the U.S. imposed greater limitations on government contractor use of Chinese suppliers. The U.S. also increased oversight of the security controls for contractor networks that store and process the government's controlled unclassified information.

In 2020 Congress enacted the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the largest collective cyber policy reform ever. The majority of implemented policies come from responses to recent attacks, including SolarWinds. Additionally, the Act incorporates numerous recommendations from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, which released its final recommendations to Congress in 2020.

Listen as our expert panel discusses the current environment of cybersecurity, government contracts, and supply chain risk mitigation. The panel will provide advice on implementing the necessary cybersecurity to continue to win and keep government contracts while protecting the contractor and their customers and helping to support U.S. manufacturing and defense industries.