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Below are links to Cloud Services, 5G, Internet for All, Climate Risks, and Grant Information that have articles, videos and PDF documents that will help you navigate your way through those issues.

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Cloud Services

The cloud delivers computing resources over the Internet, such as storage, software, and services, creating a complex supply chain requiring extensive security protocols. Before deciding whether your business should migrate to the cloud, you should understand cloud computing’s capabilities and security risks.

5G and Beyond

Fifth generation wireless technologies (5G) provide the backbone for the critical connections necessary for prosperity and security in the United States. NTIA leads, coordinates, and engages in efforts to help ensure that 5G networks and the broader telecommunications supply chain are robust, reliable, and secure.

Internet for All

The Internet for All initiative provides more than $65 billion for infrastructure deployment, skills training, and access to technologies essential for Americans to connect with their communities. These grant programs aim to make high-speed internet affordable for all. They fund planning, infrastructure, and adoption efforts that promote digital equity and inclusion.

Climate Risks

While not a traditional component of supply chain risk management, climate risk to critical infrastructure is a growing concern across the United States.

Grant Information

NTIA manages and administers grant programs on behalf of the Federal government. Those grants are for programs and activities that promote the deployment of infrastructure for high-speed internet, manufacturing of critical components and technologies, and digital inclusion through access to skills development resources.

NTIA Initiatives

Quick Start Guide: NIST CSF 2.0 C-SCRM

The CSF can help an organization become a smart acquirer and supplier of technology products and services to improve your organizations' Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM).

Cloud Security Basics

This lecture provides an overview of cloud computing, including concepts and best practices for cloud architecture, design, security, and operation. 

Cloud Security - What Leaders Need to Know

This lecture provides an overview of cloud computing, including concepts and best practices for cloud architecture, design, security, and operation. 

Six Steps Toward More Secure Cloud Computing

To ensure the safety of your business and your customers' information, the FTC has provided six helpful tips for businesses to follow when using cloud services. 

Guidance on Mitigating Cloud Vulnerabilities

This document divides cloud vulnerabilities into four classes (misconfiguration, poor access control, shared tenancy vulnerabilities, and supply chain vulnerabilities) that encompass the vast majority of known vulnerabilities. 

NIST 800-144: Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing

This publication provides an overview of the security and privacy challenges pertinent to public cloud computing. While the document is written with Federal agencies in mind, it also highlights considerations all organizations should take when outsourcing data, applications, and infrastructure to a public cloud environment.

Cybersecurity Information Sheets on Cloud Security Best Practices

This webpage contains five joint Cybersecurity Information Sheets (CSIs) to provide organizations with recommended best practices and/or mitigations to improve the security of their cloud environment(s).

USDA ReConnect Loan and Grant Program

The ReConnect Loan and Grant Program furnishes loans and grants to provide funds for the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide broadband service in eligible rural areas. The application window for the fifth round of funding will open on March 22, 2024

Emergency Communications and Extreme Weather Factsheet

This resource, while aimed at emergency communications practitioners, it can help all communication providers and suppliers familiarize themselves with the impacts of extreme weather on communication systems and improve their response strategies. Some weather events may also produce multiple kinds of extreme conditions, resulting in compounding and concurrent communications concerns.

A Hardware Bill of Materials (HBOM) Framework for Supply Chain Risk Management

The Hardware Bill of Materials (HBOM) Framework for Supply Chain Risk Management product provides a framework that includes a consistent naming methodology for attributes of components, a format for identifying and providing information about the different types of components, and guidance of what HBOM information is appropriate depending on the purpose for which the HBOM will be used. The Appendix's "Mapping to SBOM Formats" includes definitions that include a direct 1:1 mapping to alternative BOM formats such as CycloneDX and SPDX.