NTT security chief embraces creating supply chain function in ‘CSF 2.0,’ urges NIST outreach to global standards groups

The National Institute of Standards and Technology should consider adding a new supply chain “function” to the core of the cybersecurity framework as part of “CSF 2.0,” according to global telecom NTT’s cyber chief, who is also urging NIST to reach out to international standards bodies in the early stages of the update effort.

“Supply chain is such a large topic, creating a new function in the core of the framework makes sense,” according to Shinichi Yokohama, chief information security...