Senators demand creation of tech cybersecurity council

Fifth Domain: National security concerns over IT products made by internationally based companies such as Kaspersky and ZTE have been on the rise, so two senators introduced a bipartisan bill June 19 that would establish a council to promote information sharing on IT supply chain risks.

Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and James Lankford, R-Okla., introduced the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act to better promote communication between the intelligence community and civilian agencies about IT components that could pose a risk to the government’s cybersecurity.

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