Third-party breaches: the fastest- rising cyber threat
Third-party breaches have surged to the forefront of Irish organisations’ cyber threat landscape, with 48% of respondents identifying them as their most significant exposure.
This reflects a global shift. As digital supply chains and ecosystems grow increasingly interconnected, threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities beyond company firewalls. They’re targeting suppliers, vendors and partners to gain entry.
Despite the escalating risk, only 28% of organisations worldwide feel adequately prepared to address these exposures, highlighting a critical readiness gap.
Firms adapt vendor strategies, but need to do more
In response to the growing threat, 32% of Irish organisations are actively changing vendors or suppliers to reduce risk linked to third-party locations. This exceeds our global (26%) and Western European (27%) counterparts.
This shift signals growing recognition that effective cyber defence extends beyond organisational borders into a wider ecosystem. But changing vendors is insufficient without rigorous and continuous oversight to manage evolving threats…
