5 Key Digital Security Risks and Considerations for Your Supply Chain

Supply chain functions are moving towards automation and integration. For instance, take the use of cloud computing, robotics and artificial intelligence in improving productivity and customer service. In fact, not a single day goes by when we don't come across headlines about the shipping and logistics industry, like Clearpath or DHL, developing drones and warehouse robots or Uber's efforts to create autonomous vehicles. We could not have fantasized such technological advancements last century. But for all of the pervasiveness and advantages attached to the Internet of Things (IoT), it is observed that IoT actually makes supply chain systems more vulnerable to cyber-attacks and other exploits.