Cyber, Supply Chains and the New Reality of UK Business

Andy Horkan, CEO - Cyber Tzar

  If the past 12 to 18 months have shown us anything, it is this: cyber attacks are no longer just a technology problem. They are a business problem, and increasingly, a supply chain problem. When major incidents hit organisations like Jaguar Land Rover, Marks & Spencer, or the Co-op, headlines focus on the brand. Production lines fall silent, shelves empty, services go down. What is far less visible is the blast radius behind them, the suppliers and partners, often with far less ability to absorb the shock. That is where the real damage sits. Cyber is no longer about isolated system compromises. It is about operations stopping, orders not being fulfilled, and revenue being lost across entire networks of businesses. For companies like ours working in supply chain cyber risk, this is not theoretical; it is happening now and reshaping how organisations think about risk. Traditionally, cyber security meant protecting your own systems, data and peopl...