Third party breaches. The hidden risk.
Your security is only as strong as your weakest supplier. One compromised vendor can cascade across thousands of organisations, including yours.
45%
of breaches involve third parties
- Supply chain attack growth
- +78%
- Average vendors per enterprise
- 5,000+
- Vendors touching sensitive data
- 89%
45%
Breaches involving third parties
+78%
Increase in supply chain attacks
2023 on 2022
5,000+
Average vendors per enterprise
89%
Vendors with sensitive data access
Your vendors are your vulnerability
Four categories of supplier account for the bulk of cascading incidents.
Cloud Providers
Shared infrastructure
When AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud has an incident, thousands of businesses are affected simultaneously. Your security is only as strong as your provider's.
Example: Microsoft Exchange Online breach exposed US government emails (2023)
Software Vendors
Trusted access
SaaS tools and enterprise software have deep access to your systems. A compromised vendor update can spread malware across all customers.
Example: SolarWinds attack affected 18,000+ organisations including Fortune 500
Service Providers
Data handling
Outsourced IT, payroll, and business services handle sensitive data. Their breach becomes your breach.
Example: Capita breach exposed data from hundreds of UK councils and NHS trusts
APIs & Integrations
Connection points
Every integration is a potential entry point. Attackers increasingly target the connections between systems rather than systems themselves.
Example: CircleCI breach compromised customer secrets and environment variables
One breach, thousands of victims
Supply chain attacks are devastating because they multiply impact rather than adding to it.
MOVEit / Progress Software
2023BBC, British Airways, Boots, Shell, and US government agencies were all affected by one file transfer tool vulnerability
SolarWinds
2020US Treasury, Commerce, Homeland Security, Microsoft, and Intel were compromised through malware embedded in trusted software updates
Kaseya VSA
2021REvil ransomware spread through IT management software to MSP customers worldwide
Okta
2022Identity provider breach gave attackers potential access to authentication for hundreds of enterprises
You cannot control your vendors. Control your data instead.
Third party risk is unavoidable in connected systems. The dependable way to keep your most critical data out of a vendor breach is to hold it physically offline.
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