Notification Agreements
✓ LOW ✓ MODERATE ✓ HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Establish agreements and procedures with entities involved in the supply chain for the system, system component, or system service for the [one of: notification of supply chain compromises; ].
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
The establishment of agreements and procedures facilitates communications among supply chain entities. Early notification of compromises and potential compromises in the supply chain that can potentially adversely affect or have adversely affected organizational systems or system components is essential for organizations to effectively respond to such incidents. The results of assessments or audits may include open-source information that contributed to a decision or result and could be used to help the supply chain entity resolve a concern or improve its processes.
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-8 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
- one or more of the following PARAMETER VALUES is/are selected: {notification of supply chain compromises; <SR-08_ODP[02] results of assessments or audits>};
- information for which agreements and procedures are to be established are defined (if selected);
- agreements and procedures are established with entities involved in the supply chain for the system, system components, or system service for <SR-08_ODP[01] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES>.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Supply chain risk management policy and procedures; supply chain risk management plan; system and services acquisition policy; procedures addressing supply chain protection; acquisition documentation; service level agreements; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; inter-organizational agreements and procedures; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system and service acquisition responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel with supply chain risk management responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for establishing inter-organizational agreements and procedures with supply chain entities].
Overlays
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SR-8. 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 plan
- system and services acquisition policy
- system security plan
Testing
- Organizational processes for establishing inter-organizational agreements and procedures with supply chain entities
Other Records
- procedures addressing supply chain protection
- acquisition documentation
- service level agreements
- acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service
- inter-organizational agreements and procedures
- other relevant documents or records