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Below are links to 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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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.

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.

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.
 

NTIA Initiatives

Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued an advisory to alert companies that engage with victims of ransomware attacks of the potential sanctions risks for facilitating ransomware payments.

Ransomware Guide

These ransomware best practices and recommendations are based on operational insight from CISA and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC).

Ransomware Risk Management: A Cybersecurity Framework Profile

This Ransomware Profile identifies the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.1 security objectives that support identifying, protecting against, detecting, responding to, and recovering from ransomware events. The Profile and Companion Quick Start Guide can be used to manage the risk of ransomware events.

Ransomware – Cybersecurity for Small Business Federal Trade Commission

Additional webinars can be found at:
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/small-businesses/cybersecurity/vi… and
https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware/webinars.

Internet for All
Ransomware Resources

Library of additional NIST-authored ransomware publications.

Ransomware Readiness Assessment

The Ransomware Readiness Assessment is a self-assessment based on a tiered set of practices to help organizations better assess how well they are equipped to defend against and recover from a ransomware incident. After completing this evaluation, the organization will receive reports that present the assessment results in both a summarized and detailed manner.

Sharing Cyber Event Information with CISA Fact Sheet
Cyber Resilience Review Assessment

The Cyber Resilience Review is a no-cost, voluntary, non-technical assessment to evaluate an organization’s operational resilience and cybersecurity practices.

Bad Practices

This series of practices are exceptionally risky, especially in organizations supporting critical infrastructure. The presence of these Bad Practices is exceptionally dangerous and increases risk to our critical infrastructure, on which we rely for national security, economic stability, and life, health, and safety of the public.