Anyone engaged in the logistics industry knows supply chain cybersecurity has been in the news lately, particularly in the “not-good” category. The interdependencies of the global supply chain make it uniquely complex when it comes to managing cybersecurity risks, including a company’s partners within the supply chain, the aggregated data they use to perform their services and the underlying transport itself. Each one of these aspects introduces an “attack vector” for cyber attackers, be they cyber criminals or state-sponsored actors.
Consequently, the total number of attack vectors should be multiplied by the number of members or links in a supply chain, plus the cumulative data they share. Given the constant flow of high-value data across networks, it’s no small wonder that freight and logistics firm Accenture reported that one in four companies suffered reputational damage resulting from third-party cyber events.