Data Health Check 2026

Organisations that knowingly work with risky suppliers are more than four times as likely to experience a supplier-originated cyber incident.

48% of organisations continue working with suppliers despite known resilience or security concerns.

26% of organisations identify dependence on suppliers as a main barrier to improving resilience.

89% of businesses assess supplier resilience at onboarding.

46% of organisations cite AI-driven cyber threats as one of their top three challenges over the next five years.

26% of organisations cite ransomware as one of their top three challenges over the next five years.

26% of businesses have suffered a cyber incident that originated in their supply chain in the last year.

43% of organisations that knowingly work with risky suppliers experienced a supplier-originated cyber incident, compared with 10% of organisations that did not knowingly work with risky suppliers.

61% of businesses assess supplier resilience on an annual, quarterly or continuous basis.

23% of organisations cite supply chain vulnerabilities as one of their top three challenges over the next five years.