GV.SC-02:
Cybersecurity roles and responsibilities for suppliers, customers, and partners are established, communicated, and coordinated internally and externally
Implementation Examples
Ex1:
Identify one or more specific roles or positions that will be responsible and accountable for planning, resourcing, and executing cybersecurity supply chain risk management activities
Ex2:
Document cybersecurity supply chain risk management roles and responsibilities in policy
Ex3:
Create responsibility matrixes to document who will be responsible and accountable for cybersecurity supply chain risk management activities and how those teams and individuals will be consulted and informed
Ex4:
Include cybersecurity supply chain risk management responsibilities and performance requirements in personnel descriptions to ensure clarity and improve accountability
Ex5:
Document performance goals for personnel with cybersecurity risk management-specific responsibilities, and periodically measure them to demonstrate and improve performance
Ex6:
Develop roles and responsibilities for suppliers, customers, and business partners to address shared responsibilities for applicable cybersecurity risks, and integrate them into organizational policies and applicable third-party agreements
Ex7:
Internally communicate cybersecurity supply chain risk management roles and responsibilities for third parties
Ex8:
Establish rules and protocols for information sharing and reporting processes between the organization and its suppliers