Supply Chain Risk

Supply Chain Risk  -- understanding supply chain risk from cyber vulnerabilities and building trusted/assured sources of supply for defense, homeland security, critical infrastructure and economic well-being. 

• Update:  What’s happened since the last seminar and what’s new in the 2012 FY that we need to be aware of?
• What policy and legislation approaches are best in addressing this problem?
• What are new policies and models for trusting suppliers, their supply chains and systems? Are current policies and those under consideration regarding suppliers and counterfeiting really going to be effective?
• Self-regulation vs government mandates – which is the more effective method?
• Do stringent requirements endanger fragile industries?
• Do half-measures provide inadequate protections?
• What are the unintended consequences of physical and cyber intersections for supply chains?
• How are real issues in this space defined and differentiated from non-issues?

The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) Initiative 11 recommends developing a multi-pronged approach for global supply chain risk management.   This initiative should provide “a robust toolset to better manage and mitigate supply chain risk at levels commensurate with the criticality of, and risks to, their systems and networks.”