The National Strategy for Global Supply chain security establishes two goals:
- Promote the efficient and secure movement of goods
- Develop a global supply chain system that is prepared for and can withstand evolving threats and hazards, and rapidly recovery from disruptions.
As we work to achieve our goals, we have taken action and integrated efforts across the United States Government and with other key stakeholders. In addition, we continue and improve our risk management efforts.
The internationalcommunity has also made significant progress in protecting the global supply chain through Program Global Shield, which was launched in 2011 in collaboration with the World Customs Organization, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and Interpol.
Container Security Initiative (CSI) is a program intended to help increase security for containerized cargo shipped to the United States from around the world. CSI addresses the threat to border security and global trade posed by the potential for terrorist use of a maritime container to deliver a weapon. CSI allows U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), working with host government Customs Services, to examine high-risk maritime containerized cargo at foreign seaports, before they are loaded on board vessels destined for the United States.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is responsible for making sure the security of all modes of transportation, including cargo placed aboard airplanes and particularly focuses on passenger-carrying planes.
