Currently, most organizations make use of technology for the development of their activities, so cybersecurity is an essential element for the correct performance of technology in the company's production process.
How then does cybersecurity relate to business resilience in the supply chain?
Resilience is a key factor that involves the entire organization. In the case of the supply chain, it is of vital importance, since it implies the capacity to face and solve possible interruptions that were not foreseen in the operation. Now, cybersecurity in this case would act as an intermediary tool to achieve resilience in the different scenarios presented by the supply chain.
Cybersecurity allows companies to be protected from potential cyber risks, thus protecting the digital and technological environment in which they work. It is generally considered as a protection and preservation activity, but it should also act as a tool that, hand in hand with appropriate strategies, will provide results and drive active resilience management in the supply chain.
Some approaches to cybersecurity that drive resilience in the supply chain include:
- VisibilityEstablishment and visibility of cyber threats affecting the company's supply chain.
- Monitoring: Development of monitoring and possible defense strategies against cyber threats, aligned to the supply chain process.
- Management: Management of continuous threats that allow the expansion of the digital environment and the processes corresponding to the supply chain without affecting them in their expansion process.
- IAM accesses: Identity and Access Management (IAM) to protect against attacks on the identity infrastructure and compliance with data protection and privacy regulations that are handled within the supply chain.
Cybersecurity plays a key role in achieving supply chain resilience, and while the three are terms that seem far apart, they have a broad connection and working with them can help drive positive outcomes.
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