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Congress returned to Washington earlier this month to begin the second session of the 117th Congress. While high profile political issues will dominate the media and much of the public conversation in the coming months, several substantive legislative issues – including those related to the supply chain — are also likely to receive attention. Supply … Read more
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The Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC), a twenty-two-year-old industry leading research organization that collaborates with over 70 retail member organizations, 80 protective solution companies, law enforcement, industry partners, and academic leaders, for the goal of providing evidence-based solutions addressing loss, safety, and fraud prevention, and the International Supply Chain Protection Organization (ISCPO), a non-profit professional … Read more
The Retail & Hospitality ISAC is providing some resources to ISCPO members: A daily summary that includes intelligence collected and actions taken regarding CVE-2021-44228. Download a partially redacted version of the summary for December 14, 2021 here. This intelligence summary report will be updated daily as our sector works to mitigate risk and damage from … Read more
Critical Manufacturing (CM) Sector Partners, We are please to inform you that CISA and its partners have created a GitHub Repository for its sector partners to immediately identify, mitigate, and update affected products using Log4j to the latest version; and to inform your end users of products that contain these vulnerabilities and strongly urge them … Read more
White House Trucking Action Plan Announced On December 16, 2021, the White House announced a new “Trucking Action Plan” to help add drivers to the U.S. trucking workforce. According to the White House, the plan will “cut red tape, make it easier for people to get commercial licenses, expand trucking apprenticeships, and launch outreach efforts … Read more
Crime on the Rise, But Focus In Washington is Elsewhere While Washington is hyper-focused on President Biden’s “Build Back Better” and “infrastructure” legislation (more on that below), a slow economy, stubborn unemployment and greater levels of pandemic-induced idleness seem to be increasing the level of lawlessness across the country. Major news outlets have reported on … Read more
Cybersecurity Colleagues and Partners, Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) (http://www.cisa.gov/) released two new products developed by the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force to address liability challenges on sharing supply chain threat information and assist Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) with mitigating ICT supply chain risks. … Read more
Democrats Seek to Pass “Build Back Better” – Supply Chain Security Issues Included This month, House and Senate Democrats will look to pass their versions of the $3.5 Trillion “Build Back Better” legislation that President Biden has been touting since his campaign. Several committees are working on the legislation, including those that deal with supply chain security matters. As part … Read more