SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity
Protects information in transit between the organization and its suppliers, providers and integrators.
Source: NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 (supply chain), SC-8. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 (supply chain) in the compliance library.
These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Cipher and protocol configuration · Key management / PKI
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Evidence weak protocols are disabled on those paths · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Inventory of supply chain transmission paths and their protection · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- supplier file transfer over unprotected channels
- protection assumed because the link is private
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