Cyber threats, hackers, espionage and warfare are increasing the amount of successful attacks on critical infrastructure and companies of all sizes. We have technologies that are somewhat successful at blocking and stoping "some" attacks.
Amidst these threat vectors many people forget some of the most obvious targets like the supply chain and the security of data, information and IP as it leaves the outsourcing company (acquirer) to the supplier. An example of this type of attack is what happened to one of the biggest SIM manufacturers of the world Gemalto.
Supply chain risk management in its simplest form: