SCSEC05-BP01 Implement comprehensive monitoring and threat detection - Supply Chain Lens
Implementation guidance

SCSEC05-BP01 Implement comprehensive monitoring and threat detection

Implement robust monitoring systems that provide real-time visibility across all supply chain infrastructure, applications, and data flows to quickly identify anomalous activities and performance issues. Deploy advanced threat detection capabilities that use behavioral analysis and pattern recognition to identify potential security breaches before they impact operations. Establish centralized logging and alerting mechanisms that consolidate security events from diverse sources, enabling rapid investigation and response to emerging threats. This comprehensive approach facilitates continuous protection of your supply chain environment while providing the intelligence needed to adapt security controls as threats evolve.

Desired outcome: Real-time detection and response to security threats across the supply chain environment.

Benefits of establishing this best practice: Improved threat detection capabilities and reduced time to respond to security incidents.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: high

Implementation guidance

Enable AWS CloudTrail with separate trails for critical supply chain operations, configuring event selectors for tracking Amazon S3 operations on supplier data buckets, API calls to order management systems, and cross-account activities between logistics partners. Implement Amazon GuardDuty with custom threat detection for supply chain operations, monitoring for unusual patterns such as unauthorized access to supplier portals, suspicious data transfers between trading partners, or abnormal API calls to inventory systems.

Implementation steps

  1. Enable dedicated monitoring trails for critical supply chain operations, configuring event selectors to track operations on supplier data storage, API calls to order management systems, and cross-account activities between logistics partners.

  2. Implement threat detection services with custom detection rules specifically designed for supply chain operations, focusing on unauthorized access to supplier portals and suspicious data transfers between trading partners.

  3. Deploy automated vulnerability scanning for critical supply chain workloads including EDI gateways, order processing systems, and inventory management applications.

  4. Configure centralized logging with appropriate retention policies to maintain audit trails of all supply chain activities and security events for compliance and investigation purposes.

  5. Establish automated alerting mechanisms with appropriate severity levels for different types of security events, making sure the right teams receive timely notifications.

  6. Regularly review and update monitoring configurations and detection rules to address emerging threats and changes in supply chain infrastructure.