INDEPENDENT SETA ADVISORY

Software Supply Chain and Acquisition Security

HCT helps program and acquisition teams convert cybersecurity expectations into testable requirements, evidence requests, evaluation factors, acceptance criteria, and lifecycle accountability.

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Mission value

What this advisory work is designed to strengthen.

  1. 01Cyber risk addressed before technology enters the environment
  2. 02Acquisition language tied to measurable evidence
  3. 03Greater visibility into vendors, components, and dependencies

Advisory scope

Areas of focus

  • Vendor, product, component, and dependency risk
  • Cybersecurity requirements and evaluation criteria
  • SBOM, provenance, vulnerability-disclosure, and secure-development evidence
  • Acceptance, monitoring, remediation, and end-of-life planning

Representative deliverables

Decision-ready outputs

  • Acquisition cybersecurity requirements
  • Vendor evidence and evaluation matrix
  • Supply-chain risk assessment
  • Acceptance criteria and lifecycle oversight plan

Reference points

Standards and guidance are applied in mission context.

Specific requirements and control selections depend on the customer, system, data, authorization boundary, classification, and governing authority.

NIST SP 800-161NIST SSDFCISA Secure by DesignExecutive Order 14028

Independent technical advice

Turn a complex cyber question into a defensible decision.

HCT supports the customer’s decision authority. We do not sell, procure, or install the products being evaluated.

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