Trusted Vendors Are Becoming Attack Paths: How US and EU Enterprises Can Reduce the Risk
Brief
A trusted supplier can become an attack path overnight.
Large US and EU enterprises often rely on hundreds of vendors, giving attackers plenty of opportunities to hide malicious activity inside legitimate emails, files, and business workflows.
The window to react is small: attackers can move laterally in just 29 minutes , while overwhelmed SOC teams may leave a large share of alerts without a full investigation .
That gap is exactly what supply chain attacks exploit.
Why Supply Chain Attacks Are Harder to Stop
The problem is not only the number of third parties involved. Supply chain attacks also challenge the way traditional security controls assess trust, prioritize alerts, and investigate suspicious activity.