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on the chains are at greater risk from sophisticated attack vectors.
Suppliers that are connected might, for example, share sensitive data or access points. That means, hypothetically, an attacker invading one firm may have access routes into another. They could do this by phishing one firm, stealing internal credentials, and then breaking into another to disrupt operations. This also means that malicious attacks through ransomware, for example, can cause domino effects where multiple businesses are locked down or disrupted.
With shared data, too, data protection compliance becomes a bigger management puzzle. All businesses in a supply chain should put data sharing agreements in place to establish data safeguarding responsibilities and accountability.
System integration creates a similar concern. The more integrated systems and platforms are, the further that data( and
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