Under the Surface: Uncovering Cyber Risk in the Global Supply Chain

ByteDance Group (TikTok's parent company) is connected to 35.4% of the U.S. market.

Providers outperform consumers in four of six security standards – including DMARC, SPF, DKIM, and DNSSEC.

Providers lag behind consumers in areas such as patch management, open ports, insecure systems, and botnet infections

Technology providers use 2.5x more products than consumers.

Technology providers have 10x more internet-facing assets than consumers.

One-third of the U.S. supply chain relies on software or services from companies formally designated by the Department of Defense as "Chinese Military Companies".

Two-thirds of the U.S. supply chain depends on companies with at least expected ties to Chinese state-linked entities.