{"id":1304,"date":"2018-06-26T21:03:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T21:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:27:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:27:05","slug":"supply-chain-management-evaluating-your-vendors-certifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/company\/supply-chain-management-evaluating-your-vendors-certifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply Chain Management: Evaluating Your Vendors\u2019 Certifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"toc-hId-1154263218\">From the desk of the Brad Bell, CIO, Infoblox<\/h3>\n<h2 id=\"toc-hId--445745934\">Supply Chain Management: Evaluating Your Vendors\u2019 Certifications<\/h2>\n<p>Evaluating vendor certifications to ensure the integrity of your supply chain is not a simple task. Over the next several weeks I will outline why it is important, what Infoblox is doing to help its customers in securing their supply chain, and highlight some best practices. Being neither simple nor too complex does not mean that the task of securing your supply chain should be cast aside.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-hId-441757747\">More than Certification<\/h2>\n<p>As a CIO, one of my most significant tasks in many contract negotiations has been\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1308 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/supply-chain-management-brad-bell-1.png\" alt=\"Brad Bell Quote 1\" width=\"193\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/supply-chain-management-brad-bell-1.png 193w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/supply-chain-management-brad-bell-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/> to ensure that all our vendors meet the stringent regulatory standards and can provide proof of compliance via certifications. If you are in a regulated industry, a government agency (federal, state or local), or a commercial integrator working with government agencies, I am sure you are as concerned about these certifications as I am. When it comes to cybersecurity, these certifications become even more critical, but vendor selection goes beyond certifications as it takes a collective effort in securing the supply chain. In this four-part blog series, I will suggest some key thoughts and practices for selecting your business partners and vendors, delivering the promise of an agile and safe network across your offices, workers and business partners, providing critical social and government services successfully, and meeting the needs of your constituents.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-hId-1329261428\">More than\u00a0Availability<\/h2>\n<p>All too often, we sideline network security for the sake of functionality. \u2018Does it do what I need it to do?\u2019 If the answer is mostly yes, we procure equipment that&#8217;s easy to purchase, doesn&#8217;t take much to configure or manage, and simply works\u2014like an unmanaged switch. But, without careful thought, this approach may not fulfill organizational security requirements. If we plan to secure the network, it\u2019s important to consider the three facets of security \u2014 \u2018Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability&#8217; (CIA). We often simply assume the implications to\u00a0<em>Confidentiality<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>Integrity<\/em>\u00a0while focusing on\u00a0<em>Availability<\/em>\u00a0in making procurement decisions. Using an unmanaged switch as an example: sure, it works just like a managed switch, but if you lose management and visibility at the port level, security responsiveness will likely be affected during an incident investigation. Further, many of these products may not play well within the ecosystem. In short, they don\u2019t talk to each other which further limits their effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a switch is rather basic in its functionality, but what about your more critical network components such as the firewall, routers, DNS, DHCP and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/products\/ddi\/?utm_source=blox-community&amp;utm_campaign=community-q2&amp;utm_medium=blox-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">IP address management (IPAM)<\/a>\u00a0servers, SIEMs, etc.? Have you evaluated if these products operate in accordance with your security standards? Have you even defined security standards? Are you in a regulated industry where cybersecurity compliance is inspected? Fortunately, there are several leading governing bodies that have set standards and guidelines including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)\u2014from which most others derive their requirements.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-hId--2078202187\">Committed to Standardization<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1309 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/supply-chain-management-brad-bell-2.png\" alt=\"Brad Bell Quote 2\" width=\"197\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/supply-chain-management-brad-bell-2.png 197w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/supply-chain-management-brad-bell-2-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>Infoblox has been committed to delivering best-in-class network technologies since its inception, which is why we\u2019re the market leader in DNS, DHCP and IPAM (DDI). In that pursuit, we&#8217;ve charged our engineering teams with ensuring that we meet and exceed the requirements set forth by these governing bodies so our clients can be secure in the knowledge that our technologies address not only <em>Availability<\/em>\u00a0but also\u00a0<em>Confidentiality<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Integrity<\/em>. Many of our products have been developed for and evaluated by NIST&#8217;s Common Criteria and FIPS 140-2 requirements, and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for inclusion on the Approved Products List (APL) for DoD infrastructure. Infoblox has also implemented a Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG, the configuration standard for DoD Information Assurance (IA) and IA-enabled devices and systems) to verify compliance of other network devices and systems. But we haven\u2019t just stopped in your datacenters\u2014we&#8217;ve also been in the cloud.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-hId--1190698506\">Cloud Computing Leadership<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1310 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/supply-chain-management-brad-bell-3.png\" alt=\"Brad Bell Quote 3\" width=\"209\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/supply-chain-management-brad-bell-3.png 209w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/supply-chain-management-brad-bell-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/supply-chain-management-brad-bell-3-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/>For two years, Infoblox\u2019s core DDI products have been available for use as virtualized appliances in the most secure cloud platforms. The US Government stipulated stringent security requirements for both the Amazon and Microsoft government cloud computing environments. AWS GovCloud and Microsoft Azure\u2019s Government cloud environments are both accredited FedRAMP-High, designated to protect some of the government\u2019s most sensitive, unclassified data. Infoblox\u2019s virtualized DDI appliances have been supporting clients in the AWS GovCloud marketplace for two years, and these same Infoblox appliances are also available in Azure\u2019s Government cloud marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>How does this help you? We&#8217;ve passed the most stringent of security requirements to offer our clients the reliability they deserve and demand. Our clients should expect that their vendors provide the best in\u00a0<em>Confidentiality<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Integrity<\/em>\u00a0AND\u00a0<em>Availability\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 because nothing less will do.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-hId--303194825\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>No CIO can afford to relax vendor requirements related to cybersecurity when it comes to core networking services such as DDI. Purpose-built cloud offerings can be very useful provided you ensure that your entire supply chain is adhering to the required standards. In future blogs, I will discuss related aspects such as the need for and value of an interactive ecosystem in which partners meet required government certifications, and the ability to demonstrate success through the insights of customer experience and case studies.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about how Infoblox\u2019s products can help your organization protect your infrastructure, secure your data, prevent the spread of malware and ensure that your security infrastructure works cohesively to better detect and remediate threats, select\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/products\/secure-dns\/?utm_source=blox-community&amp;utm_campaign=community-q2&amp;utm_medium=blox-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Secure Your Core.<\/a>\u00a0 And to read more about Infoblox\u2019s government applications, select\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/solutions\/government\/federal\/?utm_source=blox-community&amp;utm_campaign=community-q2&amp;utm_medium=blox-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Infoblox Solutions for Federal Networks<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/solutions\/government\/state-and-local\/?utm_source=blox-community&amp;utm_campaign=community-q2&amp;utm_medium=blox-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">State and Local<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the desk of the Brad Bell, CIO, Infoblox Supply Chain Management: Evaluating Your Vendors\u2019 Certifications Evaluating vendor certifications to ensure the integrity of your supply chain is not a simple task. 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