Protecting Supply Chains from Highly Contagious Attacks

Hackers are using supply chain attacks to infiltrate a large number of organizations using a single, targeted attack. According to a report from the security company, Anchore, 64% of respondents have been impacted by supply chain attacks in the last 12 months. They collected data from 425 IT, security and DevOps leaders at large enterprises, and a third reported that the impact on their organizations was moderate or significant. Following an influx of recent high-profile software supply chain attacks, 46% of respondents reported that their organization has a significant focus on securing the software supply chain and an additional 14% have prioritized this area.

With cyber-attacks continually evolving, it is undeniable that the industry needs to be prepared with evolving solutions. Yet, the key challenge is understanding why supply chain attacks are becoming so frequent and how they cause such large-scale destruction.