Top 8 Emerging Risks For Today’s Supply Chains

The digital consumer, the Internet of Things, climate change, aging infrastructure, fluctuating energy prices and the actions of governments are having a profound impact on supply chain risk. All the risks listed below are evolving, some in ways that may be contrary to accepted wisdom and some in ways that significantly increase risk and its complexity. 1. Cyber Supply chains can either be a potential target of an attack or the means through which an attack is propagated. Cyber criminals are becoming savvier, and supply chains are often optimized for speed and cost—not for security.