Date Published: April 14, 2023
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Author(s)
Michael Pease (NIST), Keith Stouffer (NIST), Evan Wallace (NIST), Harvey Reed (MITRE), Steve Granata (MITRE)
Announcement
This project introduces the concept of a manufacturing supply chain "traceability chain," which is comprised of a series of manufacturing traceability records written to industry specific ecosystem blockchain related technologies. After product delivery to a critical infrastructure, national security, or other end user with stringent traceability requirements, the traceability chain can be read in reverse, through intermediate steps, to the original components, such as microelectronics and software. The traceability chain provides supply chain visibility from end-user to original components.
The Project Description describes an open-source Traceability Chain MVP (Minimum Viable Product) reference implementation using open-source technologies for blockchain related technologies and script automation to enable illustrative scenarios.
The Traceability Chain MVP is intended to be a starting point for further research and refinement by industry sectors to add specificity in traceability records to support their traceability needs. Further, standards orgs are also encouraged to explore opportunities for standardization of how traceability records are written and later read, including mechanisms of how records are traversed.
Industry is invited to comment on the Project Description during the comment period.
Manufacturing supply chains are increasingly critical to maintaining the health, security, and the economic strength of the United States. As supply chains supporting Critical Infrastructure become more complex and the origins of products become harder to discern, efforts are emerging that improve traceability of goods by exchanging traceability data records using blockchain related technologies. Recent events and current economic conditions exposed the impact of disruptions in the security and continuity of the U.S. national manufacturing supply chain. This in turn, drew critical attention to the need to illuminate and secure the supply chain from numerous hazards and risks. Further, the U.S. manufacturing supply chain is susceptible to logistical disruptions, in addition to the effects of nefarious actors seeking fraudulent gain or attempting to sabotage or corrupt manufactured products. Improving the traceability of goods and materials that flow through the manufacturing supply chain may help mitigate these risks. This project will continue building on ongoing NCCoE efforts to demonstrate the role that blockchain related technologies may play to improve manufacturing supply chain traceability and integrity by exploring several use cases and the issues surrounding implementing supply chain traceability and will result in a freely available NIST Cybersecurity publication.
Manufacturing supply chains are increasingly critical to maintaining the health, security, and the economic strength of the United States. As supply chains supporting Critical Infrastructure become more complex and the origins of products become harder to discern, efforts are emerging that improve...
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Manufacturing supply chains are increasingly critical to maintaining the health, security, and the economic strength of the United States. As supply chains supporting Critical Infrastructure become more complex and the origins of products become harder to discern, efforts are emerging that improve traceability of goods by exchanging traceability data records using blockchain related technologies. Recent events and current economic conditions exposed the impact of disruptions in the security and continuity of the U.S. national manufacturing supply chain. This in turn, drew critical attention to the need to illuminate and secure the supply chain from numerous hazards and risks. Further, the U.S. manufacturing supply chain is susceptible to logistical disruptions, in addition to the effects of nefarious actors seeking fraudulent gain or attempting to sabotage or corrupt manufactured products. Improving the traceability of goods and materials that flow through the manufacturing supply chain may help mitigate these risks. This project will continue building on ongoing NCCoE efforts to demonstrate the role that blockchain related technologies may play to improve manufacturing supply chain traceability and integrity by exploring several use cases and the issues surrounding implementing supply chain traceability and will result in a freely available NIST Cybersecurity publication.
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Keywords
anticounterfeiting; antitampering; blockchain, distributed permissioned ledger; ecosystem; identity; pedigree; provenance; supply chain traceability
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