I\u2019ve written before about how cyber-attacks threaten supply chains and how you should be prepared. So, I feel it is part of my duty to pass along to you information about new potential supply chain threats.<\/p>\n
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Here\u2019s the latest. A computer worm called \u201cStuxnet\u201d has infected tens of thousands of computers worldwide. According to an article on Comcast.net, this worm \u201ccan be modified to wreak havoc on industrial control systems around the world, and represents the most dire cyberthreat known to industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Experts are saying that the merging of networks and computer systems makes organizations particularly vulnerable to this threat. Indeed, two of the companies that I know that were victim to a cyber-attack had separated their Internet connections from any computer that accesses the main company network.<\/p>\n
Why should a procurement professional like you even care about this? After all, aren\u2019t these worms something that only the IT geeks should be concerned with?<\/p>\n
Well, consider these excerpts from the aforementioned article:<\/p>\n
Sound like a supply chain threat yet?<\/p>\n
You bet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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