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Supply Chain Risk Management

What is Supply Chain Risk Management?

The process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks arising from the extended network of suppliers, vendors, and service providers. Supply chain risk management is addressed by NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001 A.5.21, and NIST SP 800-161.

Risk Management

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as supply chain risk management. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on supply chain risk management

Requirements naming supply chain risk management across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Identify, prioritize, and assess suppliers of critical or mission-essential technologies, products, and services.

NIST800-PM-30(1) · PM-30(1) Supply Chain Risk Management Strategy | Suppliers of Critical or Mission-essential Items →

The organisation develops an organisation-wide strategy for managing supply chain risks in the development, acquisition, maintenance and disposal of systems, components and services, implements it consistently, and reviews and updates it at a set frequency or...

canada-itsp-10-033-security-and-privacy-controls-and-assurance-activities-catalogue::PM-30 · PM-30 Supply chain risk management strategy →

Establish a supply chain risk management team of individuals with security and SCRM responsibilities to lead and support SCRM across IT, contracting, information security, privacy, mission, legal, supply chain and logistics, acquisition, business continuity an...

fbi-cjis-security-policy::SR-2(1) · SR-2(1) Supply Chain Risk Management Plan | Establish SCRM Team →

Cyber supply chain risk management processes are identified, established, assessed, managed, and agreed to by organizational stakeholders. IDENTIFY (ID) Function, Supply Chain Risk Management (ID.SC) Category. Outcome in the Framework Core of Version 1.1;

nist-cybersecurity-framework-1-1::ID.SC-1 · ID.SC-1: Cyber supply chain risk management processes are identified, established, assessed, managed, and agreed to by organizational stakeholders →

Establish a supply chain risk management team consisting of [Assignment: organization-defined personnel, roles, and responsibilities] to lead and support the following SCRM activities: [Assignment: organization-defined supply chain risk management activities].

nist-sp-800-53-revision-5-1-high::SR-2(1) · SR-2(1) Supply Chain Risk Management Plan | Establish SCRM Team →

Establish a supply chain risk management team consisting of [Assignment: organization-defined personnel, roles, and responsibilities] to lead and support the following SCRM activities: [Assignment: organization-defined supply chain risk management activities].

nist-sp-800-53-rev-5-low::SR-2(1) · SR-2(1) Supply Chain Risk Management Plan | Establish SCRM Team →

Questions people ask about supply chain risk management

What is Supply Chain Risk Management?
The process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks arising from the extended network of suppliers, vendors, and service providers. Supply chain risk management is addressed by NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001 A.5.21, and NIST SP 800-161.
Why is Supply Chain Risk Management important for compliance?
Supply Chain Risk Management is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding supply chain risk management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Supply Chain Risk Management?
Supply Chain Risk Management appears in the requirement text of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, Canada ITSP.10.033 Security and Privacy Controls and Assurance Activities Catalogue, FBI CJIS Security Policy, NIST Cybersecurity Framework 1.1, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 HIGH. Across these standards we have identified 33 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Supply Chain Risk Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how supply chain risk management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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