Supply Chain Assurance

Abstract

The term supply chain has a long history in the business community and includes recent trends such as such just in-time inventory. In the past, the business community considered supply chains as relevant only to the delivery of physical products. Now the business community uses the technology supply chain to develop most IT systems (hardware, software, public and classified networks, and connected devices), which together enable the uninterrupted operations of key government and industrial base actors, such as the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and their major suppliers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1128868

Entities

People

  • Audrey J. Dorofee
  • Carol C. Woody
  • Chris Alberts
  • Rita Creel
  • Robert J. Ellison

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Code Injection
  • Commerce
  • Communities
  • Computing Devices
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Homeland Security
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • Security
  • Software Assurance
  • Software Development
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Integrity
  • Vulnerability
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management