Is Cyber Facing an Affordability Crisis?
With breach costs at record levels and global security spending nearing $240 bn, SME under-investment is becoming the soft underbelly of enterprise supply chains—a growing concern under NIS2.
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As breach costs reach record highs and defense spending nears $240 billion, small businesses are dangerously exposed, threatening supply chain security.
Editorial Analysis
European enterprises relying on Mittelstand suppliers face amplified risk when those partners cannot afford adequate defences, turning an industry cost problem into a board-level supply-chain exposure.
Strengthen third-party risk assessments by adding cyber-affordability metrics for critical SME suppliers and define minimum-security baselines in contracts.
Small-business cyber under-investment is a systemic supply-chain risk that NIS2 will increasingly hold large enterprises accountable for.
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