Simplifying the Hardware Bill Format for Product Management

Hardware bill format for Product Management

foreign [Music] [Applause] hello my name is Mike Bergman and I serve as vice president of technology and standards at the consumer technology Association in that role I have been a contributing member of the hardware bill of materials working group at cis's information and communication technology supply chain risk management task force the task force is a public-private cross-sector body organized and co-chaired by sisa through a national Risk Management Center representative and representatives from the information technology and Communications critical infrastructure sectors the task force provides advice and recommendations to the federal government and private sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure on means for assessing and managing risks associated with the ICT supply chain to that end the task force created a document entitled a hardware bill of materials framework for supply chain risk management there are many threats facing your supply chains when organizations purchase Hardware a bill of materials for that Hardware an h-bomb for short can help manage and mitigate those risks a purchasing organization can use the information in an h-bomb in order to make informed decisions regarding Hardware as it is often necessary to understand the security and availability of the hardware and its components and whether it complies with government statutes and regulations for manufacturers customers and government and in the private sector may require an h-bomb of a product the h-bomb framework can be used by anyone making or purchasing Hardware it was developed as a consistent repeatable way for vendors to communicate to purchasers about the hardware components in the products that they have or may purchase the h-bomb framework should help organizations illuminate Supply chains and support the efficient evaluation and Mitigation Of supply chain risks the framework includes a consistent naming methodology for attributes of components a uniform format for identifying and providing information about the different types of components and guidance of what h-bomb information is appropriate depending on the purpose for which the hbomb will be used the h-bomb framework is meant to be flexible and allow purchasers and vendors to tailor it for their specific circumstances or for you for their specific use case so it covers several common bill of materials data formats and can capture the component's h-bomb information to be included at the time of sale or exchange of goods I encourage you to visit the sister site listed on your screen to learn more about the hbomb framework as well as other resources that may help your organization to understand and address supply chain resilience please also take the quick survey on the site to provide us with feedback on the hbomb framework thank you for your time foreign [Applause] [Music]