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Breach indicates need for stricter security requirements for contractor networks
By Jill R. Aitoro
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Government should develop similar standards for securing the global supply chain from malicious software and hardware implants that send stolen information to cyber spies who have access to federal networks, he said.
The breach also underscores the need to manage outsourcing IT functions in the Defense Department. "The outsourcing of many critical information functions within the DoD creates an aquatic environment, which allows for adversaries to transit into once segregated systems," said Tom Kellermann, vice president of security awareness at Core Security Technologies and former senior data risk management specialist for the World Bank treasury security team.
Source: NextGov
