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The weakest link: the impact of cyber supply chain risk
Organisations are increasingly reliant on external technology providers, professional advisers and software platforms to manage and exchange sensitive information. While this interconnected network of services can deliver significant efficiencies, it also creates increasingly complex supply chains. As a result, a vulnerability in a single link of that chain can have far reaching consequences, exposing multiple organisations to disruption, data loss and other serious impacts in the event of a cyber attack. The recent cyber incident involving professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY) illustrates this risk.