Navigating a New Era of Managing Vulnerability Risk in Third Parties
The Black Kite Research & Intelligence Team (BRITE) led by Ferhat Dikbiyik, Chief Research & Intelligence Officer
Traditionally, vulnerability management has focused on internal systems, leaving a critical blind spot: the security posture of your vendors and partners. This gap creates a significant risk, as a single unpatched third-party vulnerability can trigger a cascading impact across your entire organization.
Facing over 40,000 CVEs published in 2024, and the reality of managing hundreds of vendors within a complex supply chain, the scale of third-party vulnerability risk becomes overwhelming. This report cuts through the noise, analyzing how vulnerabilities propagate, pinpointing high-exposure industries, revealing threat actor tactics, and delivering a strategy for prioritizing vulnerabilities based on real-world exploitability within your supply chain.
You’ll learn:
- How vulnerabilities spread through complex vendor networks, exposing hidden risks.
- Which sectors are most targeted and vulnerable to supply chain attacks.
- How attackers exploit third-party weaknesses and weaponize vulnerabilities.
- A strategy to focus on vulnerabilities posing the greatest immediate threat to your supply chain.
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