42 percent distrust one of their vendors.
Last year’s Microsoft outage, caused by a rogue Crowdstrike update, has triggered a major rethink of tech supply chains with just under half believing a single-vendor approach could cause them an incident.
According to research from Adaptavist, the incident found the outage fuelled fears of a supply chain incident, with ten percent viewing over-reliance on single-vendor solutions as the biggest threat to their company's IT resilience.
The survey of 400 practitioners found 42 percent believe that a vendor they rely on will cause a major incident, with 27 percent actively diversifying their software and service providers.
However, despite waning confidence, organisations aren't simply abandoning existing relationships. 37% say they are actively strengthening partnerships with current vendors, while 34.25% are increasing their reliance on open-source solutions, suggesting a sophisticated approach to risk management.
Written by
Dan Raywood
Senior Editor
SC Media UK
Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with more than 20 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 16 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Conference, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and ESET Security Days.
Outside work, Dan enjoys supporting Tottenham Hotspur, managing mischievous cats, and sampling craft beers.
