by Paul Rosenzweig | Jun 2, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
For the second time in as many months, a major link in the U.S. supply chain has been hampered due to hackers launching a ransomware attack. This week, a global meat supplier was hit. Last month, a main East Coast pipeline was shut down for days,…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jun 1, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles) introduced the Improving Contractor Cybersecurity Act, legislation that would amend the federal contracts title to require vendors that wish to do business with the United States Government…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jun 1, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., will announce Tuesday a bill that would require all federal contractors to have a vulnerability disclosure program. The Improving Contractor Cybersecurity Act draws inspiration from the Department of Homeland Security’s…
by Paul Rosenzweig | May 31, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
‘Nothing is safe’ The one-two punch of the recent cyberattacks “shows that nothing is safe,” said former senior Department of Homeland Security official Paul Rosenzweig. “Not the meatpacking industry, not the chemical industry, not the wastewater…
by Paul Rosenzweig | May 31, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
Paul Rosenzweig, a former senior Department of Homeland Security official, told USA Today that the attacks on an oil pipeline and then a meat supplier ‘shows that nothing is safe.’ ‘Not the meatpacking industry, not the chemical industry, not the…
by Paul Rosenzweig | May 31, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
UPDATE: JBS USA, the world’s largest meat supplier, has reportedly shut down its five biggest U.S. plants in the wake of a cyberattack. JBS USA, the world’s largest meat supplier, says it was the target of an “organized cybersecurity attack.” In a…
