Supply chain risk is a hot
topic today.
Some of the most significant
cybersecurity breaches this year have been supply chain
related. SolarWinds,
Accellion,
Hafnium,
and most recently - the Kaseya
attack.
Why now? Supply chain risk =
third-party risk.
The COVID-19 pandemic
forced companies to transition to a remote workforce, where
security and IT teams could not do their ‘usual’ due
diligence - particularly around onboarding third-parties. As
a result, nefarious actors (aka – hackers) took full
advantage. In the U.S., the FBI reported a 500% increase in
cyber-attacks in the first months of the lockdown in
2020.
New Zealand is ripe for
Press Release – Advantage
Some of the most significant cybersecurity breaches this year have been supply chain related. SolarWinds, Accellion, Hafnium, and most recently – the Kaseya attack.
By Steve Smith, Auckland Manager of Advantage Limited
Supply chain risk is a hot topic today.
Some of the most significant cybersecurity breaches this year have been supply chain related. SolarWinds, Accellion, Hafnium, and most recently – the Kaseya attack.
Why now? Supply chain risk = third-party risk.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to transition to a remote workforce, where security and IT teams could not do their ‘usual’ due diligence – particularly around onboarding third-parties. As a result, nefarious actors (aka – hackers) took full advantage. In the U.S., the FBI reported a 500% increase in cyber-attacks in the first months of the lockdown in 2020.
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Managing the security risk posed by third party vendors is a huge challenge, Advantage s Steve Smith said.
Steve Smith (Advantage) Credit: Supplied
A rapid increase in so-called supply chain attack targeting third party technology vendors is putting the heat on chief information security officers (CISOs).
Some of the most significant cybersecurity breaches this year have been supply chain related, think SolarWinds, Accellion, Hafnium, and most recently, the Kaseya attack.
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