Adequate Supply
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Employ the following controls to ensure an adequate supply of [critical system components]: [controls].
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Adversaries can attempt to impede organizational operations by disrupting the supply of critical system components or corrupting supplier operations. Organizations may track systems and component mean time to failure to mitigate the loss of temporary or permanent system function. Controls to ensure that adequate supplies of critical system components include the use of multiple suppliers throughout the supply chain for the identified critical components, stockpiling spare components to ensure operation during mission-critical times, and the identification of functionally identical or similar components that may be used, if necessary.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for SR-5(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
Assessment Objectives
- controls to ensure an adequate supply of critical system components are defined;
- critical system components of which an adequate supply is required are defined;
- <SR-05(01)_ODP[01] controls> are employed to ensure an adequate supply of <SR-05(01)_ODP[02] critical system components>.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Supply chain risk management policy and procedures; supply chain risk management strategy; supply chain risk management plan; contingency planning documents; inventory of critical systems and system components; determination of adequate supply; system and services acquisition policy; procedures addressing supply chain protection; procedures addressing the integration of information security requirements into the acquisition process; procedures addressing the integration of acquisition strategies, contract tools, and procurement methods into the acquisition process; solicitation documentation; acquisition documentation; service level agreements; acquisition contracts for systems or services; purchase orders/requisitions for the system, system component, or system service from suppliers; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system and services acquisition responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel with supply chain risk management responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for defining and employing tailored acquisition strategies, contract tools, and procurement methods; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the definition and employment of tailored acquisition strategies, contract tools, and procurement methods].
Overlays
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SR-5(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.
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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 and procedures
- supply chain risk management strategy
- supply chain risk management plan
- system and services acquisition policy
- system security plan
Configuration
- inventory of critical systems and system components
Testing
- Organizational processes for defining and employing tailored acquisition strategies, contract tools, and procurement methods
- mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the definition and employment of tailored acquisition strategies, contract tools, and procurement methods
Other Records
- contingency planning documents
- determination of adequate supply
- procedures addressing supply chain protection
- procedures addressing the integration of information security requirements into the acquisition process
- procedures addressing the integration of acquisition strategies, contract tools, and procurement methods into the acquisition process
- solicitation documentation
- acquisition documentation
- service level agreements
- acquisition contracts for systems or services
- purchase orders/requisitions for the system, system component, or system service from suppliers
- other relevant documents or records