The potential for IT supply chain flaws is as deep as the multitude of component suppliers that all computer and network equipment manufacturers use, according to Jon Amis, director of supply chain assurance at Dell, in a panel during the April 10 Intelligence and National Security Alliance conference. A myriad of computer component companies’ supply parts to computer makers, he said, each with its own set of insiders. With IT, he said, it’s a “supply web, not a chain.”
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