SR-6 Supplier assessments and reviews
Requires assessment and review, at an organization-defined frequency, of the supply chain risk attached to each supplier or contractor and to the particular system, component or service they deliver.
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
4
at each review
hard
to go live
Document repository
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Supplier assessment records covering the supply chain risks of what is provided · Vendor register / contract repository
- Defined assessment frequency and evidence reviews occur at that cadence · Document repository
- Risk ratings and the treatment decisions arising from assessments · Document repository
- Evidence assessments cover subcontractors and fourth party dependencies where relevant · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
none for this control
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- Assessment performed at onboarding only with no defined review cadence
- Assessment covers the supplier's corporate posture but not the specific component supplied
- Subcontractors invisible, so the assessed supply chain stops at the first tier
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheetSR-5 Acquisition strategies, tools, and methods · SR-7 Supply Chain Operations Security. Employ the following Operations Security (OPSEC) controls to protect supply chain-related information for the system, system component, or system service: [organization-defined]