Defense Contractor Leidos’ Data Leak Exposes Pentagon’s Documents on the Dark Web

By Alicia Hope for CPO Magazine
Thursday, August 1, 2024

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However, the incident will put Leidos, which recently won a $476 million contract to supply NASA’s International Space Station, under scrutiny and could undermine its future prospects for similar lucrative deals. Despite the involvement of a third-party vendor, the primary organization bears full responsibility for the data leak.

According to Dr. Ilia Kolochenko, CEO and Chief Architect at ImmuniWeb, despite some government agencies taking third-party risk management extremely seriously, they still fail to address the root cause of the problem.

“Worse, some TPRM programs indistinctively impose costly and time-consuming due diligence on most vendors, without considering vendor-specific risks, threats and vendor’s overall trustworthiness,” he added. “Eventually, the one-size-fits-all approach miserably fails, and despite sometimes-draconian risk assessments of vendors and suppliers, numerous foreseeable but unaddressed risks continue triggering massive data breaches.” Read Full Article