id: "SR-05" title: "Acquisition Strategies, Tools, and Methods" family: "SR" family_name: "Supply Chain Risk Management" sort_id: "sr-05" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "organization" enhancements: - sr-5.1 - sr-5.2
Statement
Employ the following acquisition strategies, contract tools, and procurement methods to protect against, identify, and mitigate supply chain risks: {{ insert: param, sr-05_odp }}.
Guidance
The use of the acquisition process provides an important vehicle to protect the supply chain. There are many useful tools and techniques available, including obscuring the end use of a system or system component, using blind or filtered buys, requiring tamper-evident packaging, or using trusted or controlled distribution. The results from a supply chain risk assessment can guide and inform the strategies, tools, and methods that are most applicable to the situation. Tools and techniques may provide protections against unauthorized production, theft, tampering, insertion of counterfeits, insertion of malicious software or backdoors, and poor development practices throughout the system development life cycle. Organizations also consider providing incentives for suppliers who implement controls, promote transparency into their processes and security and privacy practices, provide contract language that addresses the prohibition of tainted or counterfeit components, and restrict purchases from untrustworthy suppliers. Organizations consider providing training, education, and awareness programs for personnel regarding supply chain risk, available mitigation strategies, and when the programs should be employed. Methods for reviewing and protecting development plans, documentation, and evidence are commensurate with the security and privacy requirements of the organization. Contracts may specify documentation protection requirements.
Assessment Objective: {{ insert: param, sr-05_odp }} are employed to protect against supply chain risks;
Assessment Objective: {{ insert: param, sr-05_odp }} are employed to identify supply chain risks;
Assessment Objective: {{ insert: param, sr-05_odp }} are employed to mitigate supply chain risks.
Supply chain risk management policy
supply chain risk management procedures
supply chain risk management plan
system and services acquisition policy
system and services acquisition procedures
procedures addressing supply chain protection
procedures addressing the integration of information security and privacy requirements into the acquisition process
solicitation documentation
acquisition documentation (including purchase orders)
service level agreements
acquisition contracts for systems, system components, or services
documentation of training, education, and awareness programs for personnel regarding supply chain risk
system security plan
privacy plan
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with acquisition responsibilities
organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities
organizational personnel with supply chain risk management responsibilities
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