6 Eye-Opening Statistics About Software Supply Chain Security

News and analysis of the SolarWinds hack that broke at the end of 2020 has set the tone for discourse about the security of the software supply chain. Attackers always look for the least path of resistance, and they’re increasingly finding that going after one big compromise at a software supplier can reap them easier access to that organization’s many customers. 

The following statistics offer some measurement of the growth of these supply chain attacks, the cost and impacts from these attacks, and the level of concern voiced by organizations that are feeling the brunt of insecurities in the software supply chain.