The world is becoming more software-driven and while it’s helping accelerate innovation, it’s also increasing risk. Service providers, equipment manufacturers and the various suppliers in the information communications technology (ICT) industry are seeing a sharp rise in breaches and attacks through the infiltration of downstream suppliers of software as well as hardware, and professional services. However, a new process-based standard, SCS 9001, is in development by the members of TIA with the goal of helping businesses lock these attackers out. Due for release later in 2021, this new process-based standard is poised help companies and better protect their internal operations and identify verified trusted suppliers (and their suppliers’ suppliers) for network solutions. By certifying their internal operations and verifying trusted suppliers and products and services, life will soon be much harder and success far more expensive for the suspected nation-states and crime syndicates behind these devastating attacks. In addition, the standard will include a collection of security performance measurements for aggregation of anonymous benchmark results to help drive continual industry improvement. Join us as we discuss why this new industry standard is especially critical for new 5G and IoT networks that are aiming to connect everything from our coffee makers…

There’s proof in the panel- learn from esteemed purchasing and supply chain management professionals on how they drove their business forward through the COVID-19 disruption (and continue to do so). These pros will discuss predictions for the future of supply chain as we embark on the “new world,” proven best practices they have employed – including engaging the group purchasing organization (GPO) model, and why leveraging a GPO will prove to be crucial among leading supply chains. The panel will discuss: -Core challenges their supply chain faced in 2020, lessons learned, and how they overcame great disruption -Procurement’s role in enabling the supply chain -Best practices on implementing their version of supply chain success -How to operate in 2021, the future of supply chain management in the “new world” As supply chains continue to move forward in a still unstable environment, these proven success stories will help guide continuous value improvement in the supply chain.