Key Findings
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.