(1) Generally, the discipline for managing risk associated with the sequence of processes that make up all the elements and resources involved in supplying a product or service to an end user. Robust supply chain risk management processes rely on a complete mapped inventory (or register) of individual actors that add value within a supply chain and the linkages between them.
(2) The implementation of processes for identifying, assessing, and mitigating threats, vulnerabilities, and disruptions that can occur across an entire supply chain. Retrieved and adapted from Source(s): CNSSI 4009-2015 CNSSD No. 505. 2020. https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/supply-chain-risk-management