UK respondents are least likely to prioritise third-party cyber risk management, despite high prevalence of cyber breaches, and are most likely to say that third party cyber risk is NOT on their radar
LONDON, Dec. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BlueVoyant, the industry’s leading integrated, end-to-end internal and external cyber defense platform, today released the UK findings of its second annual global survey into third-party cyber risk management. They paint a stark picture with a staggering 97% of survey respondents having suffered a cybersecurity breach because of weaknesses in their supply chain.
This compares to 82% of respondents who suffered a cybersecurity breach owing to vendor vulnerabilities in 2020. Not only is this higher than the overall average of 93% in 2021, but the UK was also second highest out of all the regions surveyed. The UK was surpassed by European respondents in Germany and The Netherlands (grouped together), where 99% reported supply chain-related cybersecurity breaches.
The study was conducted by independent research organisation, Opinion Matters, and recorded the views and experiences of 1,200 CIOs, CISOs and Chief Procurement Officers, with 300…
