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Below are links to Cloud Services, 5G, 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.

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

Protecting Critical Supply Chains: Cyber Threat Hunting—Changing the Game

Maturing your cyber threat hunting capability requires resource planning and a fully integrated supply chain risk management program. This resource provides an overview of the Cyber Threat Hunting Maturity Model (HMM) which helps to identify the level of security controls in an organization.

Protecting Critical Supply Chains: Risks from Foreign Adversarial Exposure

This guidance outlines significant foreign adversarial supply chain attack methods utilized by the People's Republic of China (PRC), critical lessons learned, and suggests mitigations that corporate security stakeholders can tailor for their own risk management strategy. 

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

In this report, you will find a concise explanation of cloud security and risk management.

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.

Top Ten Cloud Security Mitigation Strategies

This report highlights NSA's top ten recommended mitigation strategies that cloud customers should take to improve their security posture. Each strategy has an associated cybersecurity information sheet hyperlinked that describes it in more detail.

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.