Bushar shares that Google has worked to build the SLSA framework, allowing organizations to grade their supply-chain maturity and ensure the security lifecycle during modernization.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (2nd L) gives opening remarks as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley (R) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia Laura Cooper (L) listen during a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon on May 23. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The White House ordered Commerce and Homeland Security to examine weak spots in how the IT and communications industries produce hardware and software.
The company says it failed to disable the root account in the affected software. The root account has static credentials that can be exploited by anyone who…