Your closest supplier can become your biggest problem. Overnight. Are you prepared?
Most organizations are not prepared for a 3rd party (supply-chain) cyber attack, and in today’s hyper-integrated economy, it means ignoring a significant business risk that should be addressed through comprehensive Cybersecurity Advisory Services And those risks have never been higher.
Why? Because it makes sense for the attackers.
Why waste efforts trying to hack a well-protected enterprise when you can quickly go through one of its suppliers. It also scales! The attackers gain access to multiple organizations through a single attack.
So don’t wait for that 3 AM call from one of your suppliers telling them they have been hacked. Plan for it.
* Gain visibility to who your suppliers are. Some suppliers are obvious; some are not.
* Assess existing suppliers and new suppliers’ cybersecurity posture through a Cybersecurity Posture Assessment and simulate your business impact, assuming they are breached.
* Educate your ecosystem on the importance of elevating their posture and demand thresholds to be met as part of doing business together.
* Facilitate a process that allows you to learn about incidents on your vendors’ side as quickly as possible.
* Document suppliers’ efforts to assess progress and compliance over time.
* Constantly monitor the landscape as part of an ongoing cybersecurity risk assessment. Periodically is not enough.
