GCSB posts advice on ICT supply chain risks

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Lisa Fong (National Cyber Security Centre)

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The Government Communications Security Bureau’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released guidance to help executives and cyber security professionals manage ICT supply chain security risks.

NCSC director Lisa Fong said a recent spate of high-profile cyber security incidents reinforced the importance of managing cyber security across the supply chain.

“Supply chain vulnerabilities are amongst the most significant cyber threats facing organisations today,” Fong said.

“Major incidents like last year’s global distributed denial of service (DDoS) campaign which significantly impacted a range of New Zealand organisations, and the compromise of file transfer software used by the Reserve Bank, reinforce the critical importance of supply chain cyber security,” she said.

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