The current COVID 19 crisis has led to an exponential increase in the numbers of WFH – people working from home – to safeguard public health. At the same time, there is an increased risk in terms of Cybersecurity.

The current COVID 19 crisis has led to an exponential increase in the numbers of WFH – people working from home – to safeguard public health. At the same time, there is an increased risk in terms of Cybersecurity.

On March 3rd, 2020, the Charter of Trust gathered its members to meet French cybersecurity policy makers in Paris. After a fruitful working lunch, members and guests joined the IBM X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center (C-TOC) simulation to experience and learn how to react to a real cybersecurity crisis.

Responsibility throughout the digital supply chain
Companies – and if necessary – governments must establish risk-based rules that ensure adequate protection across all IoT layers with clearly defined and mandatory requirements. Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, integrity, and availability by setting baseline standards, such as
– Identity and access management: Connected devices must have secure identities and safeguarding measures that only allow authorized users and devices to use them.
– Encryption: Connected devices must ensure confidentiality for data storage and transmission purposes, wherever appropriate.
– Continuous protection: Companies must offer updates, upgrades, and patches throughout a reasonable life cycle for their products, systems, and services via a secure update mechanism.

Based on this statement, the CoT members developed a common risk-based approach aligned with international norms to help improve cybersecurity and provide visibility through the supply chain. Three elements form this risk-based approach:
– Baseline requirements are common for all digital suppliers and define the fundamentals that a supplier must address in order to ensure the cybersecurity foundations for their product/service
– Supplier criticality Digital suppliers have different criticalities depending on risk factors, which are also dependent on the context viewed by the purchaser
– Verification Verification to the baseline requirements is dependent on the criticality of the supplier

The purpose of this document is to describe such a risk-based approach and its impact on the digital supply chain with a focus on the various stakeholders throughout the digital supply chain.

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