Supplier Hardware Security Assessment

Budget: $30 - $250

I want a complete, ready-to-use system that lets me evaluate every supplier, contract manufacturer, and assembly/test house against NIST, ISO, and wider semiconductor best-practice requirements to validate data integrity, identify counterfeit risks, and evaluate security practices across product lifecycle by distributing standardized security questionnaires, thereby establishing a baseline understanding of supply chain vulnerabilities. The work starts with a clean slate: a 30-question Hardware Security Questionnaire must be written from scratch, phrased for clear yes/no or evidence-based answers, and fully mapped to the three standards so I can show traceability during audits.

Once the questionnaire is locked, I need an Excel-based scoring engine that converts responses and uploaded artefacts into one concise Security Score. Weightings should emphasise measurable security performance above all else, yet still allow me to tweak the percentages easily. A dashboard view—charts, red-amber-green indicators, and slicers—must let executives compare suppliers at a glance without touching raw sheets.

Finally, I need my product BOMs analysed so I can see exactly which Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 components and vendors feed each finished part. Your mapping needs to link back to the same scoring model, so any high-risk part immediately flags on the dashboard.

Deliverables • 30-question Hardware Security Questionnaire with standard cross-reference matrix • Parametric Excel scoring workbook and interactive dashboard (no macros preferred, Power Query/Pivot welcome) • BOM-based supply-chain map tagged to Tier levels and integrated into the workbook • Brief user guide plus a walkthrough call to hand over

I’ll review with the following acceptance criteria: questions demonstrably aligned to NIST, ISO, semiconductor best practice; scoring model produces consistent results across a supplied sample data set; dashboard refreshes in under 10 seconds; and the Tier mapping covers 100 % of items in two pilot BOMs I will supply.