NIST seeks comment on new tool for assessing impact of supply chain-related cyber incidents

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is offering the federal government’s cyber risk managers a way to assess the potential impacts of cyber supply-chain incidents, and is seeking input on a tool intended to benefit all types of organizations in measuring how hacks and disruptions within their supply chains could affect operations.

“A publicly available solution to support supply chain risk analysis that specifically takes into account the potential impact of an event does not currently exist,” according to...