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Understanding the Risk of Supplier Management:

A Six-Pronged Approach

By Aaron Kiemele, Chief Information Security Officer at Jamf

ears ago, I heard a story where thieves broke into a datacenter through the roof and lowered
Ythemselves, ninja-style, on cables. Seriously. Ninjas. On cables. Though rare, attacks such as this
do, in fact, happen.

But far, far more likely? A nondescript person approaching the locked door, their arms full of boxes,
asking for someone to let them into the office. Someone finding a dropped key and pocketing it.
Someone figuring out that the side exit door never quite clicks shut unless someone leans hard on it.

This applies to cyberattacks as well. Some will be planned as a full-frontal assault from a nation-state
type actor. But most? They’ll sneak in through your weakest access point.

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