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Supply Chain Security

Explores strategies for securing supply chains against cyberattacks, including vendor vetting, integrity verification, and monitoring practices. Covers real-world breaches and lessons learned to help organizations protect interconnected systems from compromise.

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Supply Chain Attack Examples

Supply Chain Attack Examples That Changed Cybersecurity

In December 2020, security firm FireEye disclosed that threat actors had compromised SolarWinds' Orion software platform — and with it, roughly 18,000 organizations that installed a poisoned update. Government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and critical infrastructure operators all got hit through a single trusted vendor. That's the

Carl B. Johnson Aug 14, 2019 6 min read
Third Party Risk Management

Third Party Vendor Cybersecurity Risk: A Practical Guide

The Breach That Didn't Start With You In 2023, the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability didn't just hit one company. It cascaded through thousands of organizations that relied on a single file-transfer vendor. Government agencies, banks, healthcare systems, and universities all found themselves exposed — not because of anything

Carl B. Johnson Aug 14, 2019 7 min read
Vendor Risk Management

Vendor Risk Management Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide

The Breach That Didn't Start With You In 2023, the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability compromised over 2,600 organizations and exposed the data of more than 77 million individuals — not because those organizations had weak security, but because a single vendor did. Companies like Ernst & Young, the BBC,

Carl B. Johnson Aug 14, 2019 7 min read