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As a result, companies are not always sure who they are dealing with and the amount of opacity within the supply chain has increased, Conway says.

These developments, Conway says, are one reason why the dialogue around supply chain security should be changing and why different approaches are needed.

Reducing threats to U.S. supply chains has been listed as one of the top priorities for 2020 by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, the agency that leads counterintelligence efforts for the U.S. Protecting the supply chain includes identifying high-risk software vendors and other firms selling technology services to American firms and government agencies, the center states.

While Nather would prefer a different term, the concept of zero trust can help businesses better consider their approach third-party risk.

Enterprises used to be able to control more of the supply chain process, but now there are more third-party and even fourth-party vendors taking control of bits and pieces of the supply chain from the earliest stages, Nather says.

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