Supply chain security (also known as supply chain security) activities aim to strengthen the security of supply chains or value chains, the world''s goods transport and logistics systems, and facilitate legitimate trade. Their goal is to combine traditional practices of supply chain management with security requirements driven by threats such as terrorism, piracy and theft.

There are many supply chain security programs around the world, including:
The Customs Trade Counter-terrorism Partnership (C-TPAT), a voluntary compliance program designed to help companies improve the security of their corporate supply chains.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) adopted the Standard Framework for Securing and Promoting Global Trade in 2005, which includes supply chain security standards for customs administrations, including the Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) program.
The Container Security Initiative (CSI) is a program led by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that focuses on inspecting containers at foreign ports.
The Global Container Control Programme (CCP) is a joint initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)/ World Customs Organization (WCO) that aims to establish effective container control at selected ports around the world to prevent drug trafficking, chemicals and other contraband, And promote trade by strengthening cooperation among customs, trade and law enforcement agencies.
Global Trade Exchange, the DHS data mining program, is designed to gather financial information about goods with the goal of determining the security of goods transportation.
Pilot initiatives by private sector companies using technologies such as RFID and GPS to track and monitor the integrity of cargo containers moving around the world.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a series of standards for establishing and managing supply chain security. The ISO/PAS 28000 Supply Chain Security Management System specification provides an international high-level management standard for public and private enterprises, enabling organizations to apply supply chain security programs with a globally consistent management approach. ISO/IEC 20243 is the Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard (O-TTPS) (Mitigation of Malicious Pollution and counterfeit products), which aims to address supply chain safety and security engineering issues.
The EU-US summit in Lisbon in November 2010 highlighted the need for their international partnership to bring greater prosperity and security to citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, which laid the foundation for the development of the Transatlantic Economic Council and the announcement in December of the 2010 meeting''s agreement to deepen transatlantic supply chain security policy cooperation.