Legal constraints to sharing 'suspicions' as early warning of supply-chain risks discussed at MITRE meeting

A Department of Homeland Security task force on supply-chain risks is expected to recommend a legal analysis of constraints on sharing unsubstantiated suspicions about tampering with a company's products, in an interim report to be released this week, according to industry and government officials attending a MITRE-hosted meeting today.

“There needs to be a much deeper legal analysis” of the limitations on sharing information about suspected vulnerabilities of a component within the information technology and communications supply chain, officials said....