### Question
What does supply chain compromise mean?


### Answer
**Supply chain compromise** has the following meaning in *6 U.S.C. § 650*:

> an incident within the supply chain of an information system that an adversary can leverage, or does leverage, to jeopardize the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the information system or the information the system processes, stores, or transmits, and can occur at any point during the life cycle

#### Citation:
  - *6 U.S.C. § 650*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION > SUBCHAPTER XVIII-CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY**

