Raimondo, Mayorkas on Assessment of Critical Supply Chains Supporting the Information and Communications Technology Industry
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Secretary of Homeland Safety Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the next statement on the completion of a a single-year assessment of the significant supply chains supporting the info and communications engineering (ICT) industry. Directed by President Biden as part of the Government Purchase on America’s Offer Chains (E.O. 14017), the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security evaluated the present-day offer chain situations for decide on components and software program products and solutions, recognized essential threats that threaten to disrupt people provide chains, and proposed a tactic to mitigate danger and improve source chain resiliency.
“The COVID-19 pandemic and connected disruptions uncovered existing vulnerabilities in each domestic and global ICT supply chains. Above the earlier 30 yrs, ICT production has shifted abroad, which offers challenges for the United States’ provide chain resilience and financial security. In addition, cyber incidents have exposed the capacity of malicious actors to stealthily compromise ICT software package and hardware products and solutions, typically undetected.
To deal with these issues, the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security carry on to choose quick actions to bolster the U.S. industrial foundation as element of a complete-of-authorities tactic to safeguard and fortify the source chains that hold our economic system managing and our communities safe and sound, but the U.S. government by yourself simply cannot address these ICT supply chain vulnerabilities. We appear forward to operating with market stakeholders, foreign governments, and other domestic and intercontinental companions to put into practice measures determined in the assessment that develop resilience and security through the ICT offer chain and across our nation.”
