Leading CISOs reveal how to secure the supply chain
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A supply chain attack on London hospitals has raised the issue of how to ensure providers are as secure as they can be. At Infosecurity Europe leading CISOs discussed how they balance due diligence with trust - and how to really nail that contract. Ann-Marie Corvin reports
When CISOs from lead organisations gathered at Infosecurity Europe earlier this month, the talk was firmly fixed on securing supply chains following the NHS blood test breach.
Synnovis, which manages tests for London based NHS trusts and services, became the victim of a cyber attack carried out by the Russian group Qilin on 3 June – the day before InfoSec Europe’s annual conference kicked off.
Compromised suppliers have been the source of many data breaches at organisations over the last couple of years, leading to damaging financial and reputational damage.
So, it’s no surprise that a key discussion across many conference sessions at Infosec this year, involved...