___________________________________________________________________________________________ Risk
Management the lack of visibility into assets and the subsequent exposure to risk .
It is this awakening that has driven the uptake of continuous controls monitoring ( CCM ) – an ongoing , automated checking of controls throughout a business to minimize risk , ensure compliance and optimize a security posture .
For manufacturers facing an everincreasing range of threats , throughout the supply chain , CCM offers a consolidated , current view of risk that can enable meaningful action .
This is actually nothing new to manufacturers in verticals such as food or pharmaceuticals . Continual monitoring of key processes has been part of these sectors for years . CCM simply expands this throughout the enterprise and then out into the supply chain .
How big a threat and how much to trust
There is often a question of just how far into these supply chains a business needs to see : how big the risk is and thus , how much of a response is needed ?
As a quick ‘ rule of thumb ,’ consider how much your organization currently spends on combatting malware and times it by 1.4 . In January 2023 , research was published showing that the number of data breaches resulting from supply chain attacks exceeded malware-based attacks by 40 percent .
From a strategic perspective , every manufacturer needs to be taking substantial , proactive steps to assess its visibility into its own supply chain , as this area of risk will only increase . Part of this needs to be using the visibility of a platform such as CCM to implement zero trust .
A zero-trust framework assumes that every access request is unauthorized until its credentials are proven . Even if a risk within the supply chain manages to get through security , the damage they could cause is limited , because even non-threats are confined to specific areas of a business .
It is this level of vigilance throughout the supply chain that will keep manufacturers secure as risks continue to increase . ■
Alastair Dickson www . quodorbis . com
Privately owned and founded in 2018 , Quod Orbis is an innovative company providing market-leading expertise in cyber security and continuous controls monitoring ( CCM ). CCM is a Gartner-recognized , security technology solution that delivers real-time visibility of data to identify , automate , monitor and improve the effectiveness of controls and cyber risk management .
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