DHS supply-chain task force has drafted guidelines for 'approved and trusted' products

The Department of Homeland Security's task force on securing the communications and information technology supply chain has drafted guidelines for purchasing products from “trusted and approved” vendors, according to officials at a MITRE Corp. meeting on Thursday.

The draft guidelines were developed by task force “working group four” on incentivizing purchases of non-counterfeit products, according to participants at the MITRE meeting involved with the DHS effort.

The draft four-page guidance document is one of the first “work products” by the...