Security News > 2022 > June > How confident are IT pros in the security of their organization’s supply chain?

Security threats have only heightened these concerns, and an ISACA survey report illuminates IT professionals' key concerns around supply chain security challenges and how their organizations are responding to them.

The report received responses from more than 1,300 IT professionals with supply chain insight, 25 percent of whom note that their organization experienced a supply chain attack in the last 12 months.

Only 44 percent indicate they have high confidence in the security of their organization's supply chain, and the same percentage has high confidence in the access controls throughout their supply chain.

"Our supply chains have always been vulnerable, but the COVID-19 pandemic further revealed the extent to which they are at risk from a number of factors, including security threats," says Rob Clyde, past ISACA board chair, NACD Board Leadership Fellow, and executive chair of the board of directors for White Cloud Security.

"Managing supply chain security risk requires a multi-pronged approach entailing regular cybersecurity and privacy assessments and the development and coordination of incident response plans, both in close collaboration with suppliers," says John Pironti, president of IP Architects and a member of the ISACA Emerging Trends Working Group.

"To advance digital trust, there needs to be a level of confidence in the security, integrity and availability of all systems and suppliers," says David Samuelson, ISACA CEO. "As we have seen from previous incidents, customers do not differentiate between an attack on an element of your supply chain and an attack on your own systems. Now is the time to take swift and meaningful actions to improve supply chain security and governance."

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