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global supply chain attacks doubled in 2025
2025 supply chain security reports
Why an audit is critical in an interconnected supply chain
Global attacks against the supply chain doubled in a single year, driven in part by attacks aimed at wiping or corrupting tracking and planning data to paralyze operations, rather than simply stealing information. For a logistics business, downtime on a tracking or planning system has immediate operational impact, potentially more costly than a data leak.
Tracking and planning systems (TMS, WMS) continuously connected to external partners create a broad, evolving exposure surface that extends beyond the perimeter the company directly controls.
Concrete risks for a logistics and supply chain business
Every carrier, supplier or customs broker connected to your systems is a potential entry point — your supply chain's security partly depends on the security of third parties you don't directly control. APIs connecting your management systems to your partners' are often insufficiently secured, built primarily for interoperability rather than to withstand an intrusion attempt.
Attacks targeting the integrity of tracking data (rather than its confidentiality) can desynchronize entire operations without an obvious data leak being detected immediately, making this type of incident particularly hard to catch early. Weakly authenticated remote access to warehouse and fleet management systems is another frequent entry point.
What an audit means in a multi-partner logistics environment
An effective audit starts with mapping third-party connections and data flows before technical testing even begins — without that overview, it's easy to leave a partner interconnection outside scope. APIs and interfaces exposed to external partners are then prioritized, as they concentrate a disproportionate share of risk relative to the rest of the information system.
The audit also assesses operational resilience, not just data confidentiality: the system's ability to keep running or recover quickly after an incident — a central concern for a business where every hour of downtime carries a direct cost.
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See the full presentation of Audit & Pentest or all our solutions for Cybersecurity for Logistics & Supply Chain.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
The audit focuses primarily on your own perimeter, but includes assessing interconnection points with your partners. We also recommend building minimum security requirements into your contracts with third parties connected to your systems.