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SR-13

Supplier Inventory (SP 800-161)

Supply Chain Risk Management

NIST Control Text

a. Develop, document, and maintain an inventory of suppliers that:

Accurately and minimally reflects the organization's tier one suppliers that may present a cybersecurity risk in the supply chain;

Is at the level of granularity deemed necessary for assessing criticality and supply chain risk, tracking, and reporting;

Documents the following information for each tier one supplier: (i) unique identifier for procurement instrument; (ii) description of the supplied products and/or services; (iii) program, project, and/or system that uses the supplier's products and/or services; and (iv) assigned criticality level that aligns to the criticality of the program, project, and/or system.

b. Review and update the supplier inventory [Assignment: enterprise-defined frequency].

SL5 Supplemental Guidance

Apply SP 800-161 Rev 1 guidance [3] for maintaining a comprehensive, criticality-based inventory of all suppliers documenting supplier identities, products provided, and assigned risk levels.

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