Businesses and government agencies see value in using temporary workers, contractors and subcontractors. Nothing could go wrong. Right?

Wrong. Things could go very, very wrong.

The Defense Department may now officials exclude contractors or subcontractors from receiving information technology contracts based on the risk their supply chain poses to national security systems, Fierce Government reports.

 For enterprises considering higher level and more integrated physical and logical security, identity and access management solutions through smart cards or more sophisticated credentialing, keep your head out of the technology razzle-dazzle. 

As enterprise security leaders know, many of their employees are badged and enter and leave facilities through an electronic access control system

The bill would create a single, uniform badge at one price for contract workers on school sites, reducing the number and costs of background checks in the state. 

Once again, cyber attacks targeting high profile organizations, including SCADA security companies, have been traced to China.

Once upon a time security contracts were entered into for cost containment. That was the driving force behind them.