
From CrowdStrike to Boeing: Escalating challenges of third-party and supply chain risk
Nothing gets people prioritising third-party risk quite like a major IT vendor outage. We’ve witnessed some pretty large-scale incidents in recent years; the SolarWinds cyber attack in 2019 which impacted 18,000 users; several Amazon Web Services (AWS) outages that cost companies in excess of US$150m – and countless data breaches. But the CrowdStrike software update failure of July 2024 is now widely considered to be the largest IT outage in history. In our latest free report, we explore significant third-party risk events, such as those involving CrowdStrike, examine the intricate supply chain challenges faced by Boeing, and provide insights into managing risks within a progressively complex network of suppliers and partners.

