3). SUPPLY CHAIN CYBERSECURITY FOR UK SMEs: Essential Protection Guide 2025 – CyberKPI: How UK SMEs Can Secure Their Supply Chain – UK Small & Medium Enterprises face critical Cyber risks through supplier connections, with 61% experiencing attacks in 2024 and supply chain compromises accounting for 40% of incidents. SMEs can protect themselves by conducting supplier risk assessments, implementing contractual security requirements, deploying network segmentation, and establishing continuous monitoring with incident response procedures. Essential measures include mandatory multi-factor authentication for suppliers, regular security updates, data encryption, role-based access controls, and compliance with UK GDPR and Cyber Essentials standards …
