This report provides an assessment of the supply chains for critical sectors and subsectors of the American ICT industrial base which consists of communications equipment, data storage, and end-user devices, as well as critical software including firmware and open-source software.

This assessment focuses on the supply chains of a select number of components,devices, and software foundational to multiple facets of the US’s ICT industrial base. Inaddition to criticality, these components, devices, and software were selected to exemplifybroader trends impacting the US ICT supply chains and to identify opportunities for the USGovernment and industry to build resilience.

This assessment primarily focuses on the manufacturing needs, challenges, and risks inherent to the supply chains of key hardware products and inputs and evaluates the footprint of the U.S. manufacturing base within the ICT supply chain. The supply chain assessment also evaluates the human capital needs and challenges required to produce or develop critical hardware and software.

In addition, while information and communications technology and services (ICTS) security is an important issue within the ICT industry, there are other ongoing efforts to improve the security of such technology and service transactions and to address cybersecurity measures.