CISA supply chain task force leader sees opportunities for synergy on Bill of Materials work for hardware, software

The public-private nature of CISA’s supply chain task force is a force multiplier in understanding how a Hardware Bill of Materials could be used in the context of contracting, according to acting government co-chair Mara Winn, who emphasizes that there are areas of intersection with CISA’s SBOM work and they want to avoid duplication.

HBOM is the focus of one of the four working groups under CISA’s ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force, composed of federal agencies and companies...