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A new study finds that contractors supplying a variety of professional services to the federal government face serious risks associated with the Dark Web.
That portion of the internet is where terrorists, criminals and other elements hide their illegal and malicious activities. The Dark Web allows bad actors to launch attacks on other systems, buy private information such as Social Security numbers and other credentials, and conduct other malicious activities including espionage.
The study by ID Agent looks at seven areas in the federal government’s supply chain: advertising and marketing, engineering, environmental, financial and accounting, IT, logistics and management consulting.
The federal government spends more than $179 billion in these areas annually, according to the report, “Federal Supply Chain Analysis.”
In the interest of full-disclosure, the sponsor of the study, ID Agent, also sells a product to help companies combat the risks they face from their information being on the Dark Web, but that shouldn’t discount their findings.
For the study, the group looked for publish credentials such as email accounts that were found on the Dark Web and belonged to companies in one of the seven supply chain sectors. They also used the LEMMA Supply Chain Index, which uses an algorithm to measure an organizations cyber threats and benchmark their risk. The lower your LEMMA score, the lower your risk.
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