5.1.4. Based on the supply chain security policy and taking into account the results of the risk …

(a)

cybersecurity requirements for the suppliers or service providers, including requirements as regards the security in acquisition of ICT services or ICT products set out in point 6.1;

(b)

requirements regarding awareness, skills and training, and where appropriate certifications, required from the suppliers’ or service providers’ employees;

(c)

requirements regarding the verification of the background of the suppliers’ and service providers’ employees;

(d)

an obligation on suppliers and service providers to notify, without undue delay, the relevant entities of incidents that present a risk to the security of the network and information systems of those entities;

(e)

the right to audit or right to receive audit reports;

(f)

an obligation on suppliers and service providers to handle vulnerabilities that present a risk to the security of the network and information systems of the relevant entities;

(g)

requirements regarding subcontracting and, where the relevant entities allow subcontracting, cybersecurity requirements for subcontractors in accordance with the cybersecurity requirements referred to in point (a);

(h)

obligations on the suppliers and service providers at the termination of the contract, such as retrieval and disposal of the information obtained by the suppliers and service providers in the exercise of their tasks.