Date: Thursday, 4th December 2025 | Time: 12-12:45 | Location: Online
It’s not just the big names in the headlines that need to worry, smaller suppliers are now in the firing line too.
Supply chain attacks have more than doubled this year, with 41 incidents in October alone, and attackers are getting smarter about where they strike.
Instead of going straight after enterprise targets, they’re exploiting smaller partners who assume they’re “too small to be worth it.”
In 2025, third-party breaches accounted for 30% of all data breaches - a 100% year-on-year increase, and the financial fallout keeps climbing. Global costs are expected to hit $60 billion this year, and a staggering $138 billion by 2031.
This session digs into how hackers are turning trust into a weapon and how smaller companies can strengthen their defences without enterprise-sized budgets.
We will cover:
The 2025 Attack Landscape:
✅ The climbing costs of supply chain attacks, from $60B in 2025 to a projected $138B by 2031.
✅ How ransomware groups like Qilin, Akira, Medusa, SafePay, and Scattered Spider are exploiting supplier ecosystems.
The True Cost of Compromise:
✅ What happens when defences fail and why every affected organisation reports revenue loss.
✅ How to reduce unplanned outages (an average of 86 per year) and cut recovery times, which currently take over a week for 72% of firms.
✅ The true cost of downtime, with 90% of mid-size and large businesses losing £300,000+ per hour and how to prevent it.
You’ll walk away with the ability to:
✅ Build a zero-trust architecture that scales for smaller businesses
✅ Turn vendor risk assessments into ongoing, actionable monitoring
✅ Test and strengthen incident response plans before you need them
This session is for CISOs, CIOs, CTO’s, IT leaders, compliance officers, and supply chain managers (especially those working with or within smaller suppliers), who want to close third-party gaps, strengthen resilience, and stay compliant with evolving EU and UK cyber regulations.