Future of Manufacturing - Industry 4.0

Understanding supplier ownership and the threats posed by adversaries to infiltrate and influence critical technologies, infrastructure, and data is a pervasive concern across government.  In the attached article by Erik Erkwurzel, he addresses several aspects of supply chain transparency as well as DoD's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification or CMMC in the context of risk and investment security.

Erik's article is consistent with several actions outlined in the National Counterintelligence Strategy of the US (2020-2022). One of the major objectives is "reduce threats to key US supply chains".  The strategy outlines the following actions to meet the objective:

• Enhance capabilities to detect and respond to supply chain threats. We will develop access to new sources of information and increase the analytic capacity to understand and assess foreign intent and capability to exploit U.S. supply chains. We will also implement
  new processes to identify suspect or high risk vendors, products, software and services that pose a risk to our economic and national security.
• Advance supply chain integrity and security across the federal government. We will integrate Supply Chain Risk Management capabilities and processes consistent with
  industry best practices into the operations of the federal government to safeguard the technology and services that are procured and deployed. We will create a supply chain risk assessment shared repository, address deficiencies in the federal acquisition process, and seek more streamlined authorities to exclude high risk vendors.
• Expand outreach on supply chain threats, risk management, and best practices. Through expanded outreach and sustained engagement, we will establish and deepen partnerships with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, and the private sector, and share supply chain threat information and mitigation measures with our partners, especially in U.S. critical infrastructure sectors.