Supply chain dependencies: Have you checked your blind spot?

Some cyber business risks only show up when you take a closer look. Supply chain blind spots are a perfect example. Behind these essential third-party connections, products and services can lurk unseen vulnerabilities that precipitate major cyber incidents – halting operations, triggering downstream chaos, and making headlines with their financial, reputational, and legal/compliance impacts.

As supply chains become increasingly digitized and complex, they provide cybercriminals a bigger “risk surface” to aim for. Organizations need to understand their supply chain dependencies in depth so they can map the risks and deploy effective resilience strategies to protect sensitive data and sustain business continuity. Yet according to the latest research from ESET and other sources, SMBs largely underestimate the potential risks they face from disruption caused by their supply chain, either from a malicious attack or operational outage.

What is a supply chain and what risks does it pose?

A supply chain is ...