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Supply Chain Risk Assessment

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Supply chain-related events include disruption, use of defective components, insertion of counterfeits, theft, malicious development practices, improper delivery practices, and insertion of malicious code. These events can have a significant impact on the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of a system and its information and, therefore, can also adversely impact organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation. The supply chain-related events may be unintentional or malicious and can occur at any point during the system life cycle. An analysis of supply chain risk can help an organization identify systems or components for which additional supply chain risk mitigations are required.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for RA-3(1) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.

Assessment

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. systems, system components, and system services to assess supply chain risks are defined;
  2. the frequency at which to update the supply chain risk assessment is defined;
  3. supply chain risks associated with <RA-03(01)_ODP[01] systems, system components, and system services> are assessed;
  4. the supply chain risk assessment is updated <RA-03(01)_ODP[02] frequency> , when there are significant changes to the relevant supply chain, or when changes to the system, environments of operation, or other conditions may necessitate a change in the supply chain.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Supply chain risk management policy; inventory of critical systems, system components, and system services; risk assessment policy; security planning policy and procedures; procedures addressing organizational assessments of supply chain risk; risk assessment; risk assessment results; risk assessment reviews; risk assessment updates; acquisition policy; system security plan; supply chain risk management plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with risk assessment responsibilities; organizational personnel with security responsibilities; organizational personnel with supply chain risk management responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for risk assessment; mechanisms supporting and/or conducting, documenting, reviewing, disseminating, and updating the supply chain risk assessment].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control RA-3 — see the RA-3(1) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for RA-3(1). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.

Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →

Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.

Policy

  • Supply chain risk management policy
  • risk assessment policy
  • security planning policy and procedures
  • acquisition policy
  • system security plan
  • supply chain risk management plan

Configuration

  • inventory of critical systems, system components, and system services

Testing

  • Organizational processes for risk assessment
  • mechanisms supporting and/or conducting, documenting, reviewing, disseminating, and updating the supply chain risk assessment

Other Records

  • procedures addressing organizational assessments of supply chain risk
  • risk assessment
  • risk assessment results
  • risk assessment reviews
  • risk assessment updates
  • other relevant documents or records