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As breach costs reach record highs and defense spending nears $240 billion, small businesses are dangerously exposed, threatening supply chain security.
August 25, 2026
A chief information security officer—if the company can even afford one— is woken by an urgent phone call in the middle of the night. There's been a breach. Threat actors stole highly sensitive customer data, and now they're demanding a ransom. If the company doesn't pay, they will leak data on the Dark Web. That's when the clock, and the financial fallout, starts ticking.
Whether it's a ransomware attack, business email compromise, or a third-party supply chain attack, organizations have unfortunately become increasingly accustomed to suffering data breaches. But they are caught between rising threats they can't ignore and burgeoning defense costs they can't sustain.
