Why is your supply chain a cyber risk? This can be answered in two words, human error, also known as insider threats to cyber security professionals.
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Insider threats include anyone who has privileged access in some way to sensitive data and has the capacity to cause a data breach. Typically when insider threats are discussed they include everyone in an organization, that means the executive suite, managers, and employees at all levels.
Often who is left outside of the discussion are the several suppliers whom a company rely to fulfill their daily mission. In other words our increasingly complex and interconnected supply chain. The reliance on digital services and products means more humans who have access to sensitive data and who have the capacity to cause a data breach. While the free flow of data has allowed businesses to increase efficiency over the last few decades it has also increased the threat surface.
Last year when the global ransomware NotPetya/Petya struck it did so by turning a digital service provider, MeDoc, into a vector to spread itself. Victims were impacted when their MeDoc…
