Milad Aslaner, Senior Director, Cyber Defence Strategy, SentinelOne.
Supply chain attacks are on the rise. According to the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), the number of supply chain-based attacks multiplied by four in 2021. Cyber criminals are often after the quickest and most effective way to compromise a target and today, the weakest link in a company often sits within its own supply chain.
“Supply chain attacks abuse a predefined trust relationship between two organisations,” explains Milad Aslaner, SentinelOne’s Senior Director of Cyber Defence Strategy. “With supply chain-based attacks, cyber criminals are targeting as a first step the suppliers of their target, and later abuse the trust relationship between the two organisations to breach their actual target.”
Technology alone will not solve the risk of supply chain-based attacks. “The supply chain of an enterprise can quickly become the Achilles heel of the security team,” he adds. “That’s why organisations need to look into people, process and technology. You need to train your team to be more cyber aware, have relevant processes and…
