Discover why SMEs are the new focal point of cybersecurity risk in the enterprise supply chain and learn how demonstrating robust security measures can turn them into valuable assets for larger organisations.
The enterprise Goliath is worried about their suppliers.
These SMEs are underprepared and disproportionately targeted, with 43% of cyber-attacks directed at their digital front door.
Added to this, POPIA holds large organisations legally responsible when a supplier is breached, which means that SME suppliers have effectively become one of the most important entry points and concentrations of risk in the corporate supply chain. A risk that’s growing increasingly expensive and challenging to manage.
The small accounting firm, the logistics provider, the IT support company - none of these companies would describe themselves as cybersecurity targets, and yet, this is precisely what makes them one.
