Ecosystem is the biggest cyber risk
In this latest article, Toro Solutions CEO Peter Connolly argues that many organisations are investing heavily to protect systems that are no longer the most likely source of a breach.
The greatest cyber risk now sits in the wider ecosystem of suppliers, software platforms and digital partners that businesses depend on but do not control. Drawing on recent incidents and client experience, he explains how attackers increasingly exploit trusted connections between organisations, using smaller or less mature partners as entry points into much larger networks.
As digital supply chains become more complex, cyber security can no longer be managed in isolation. Connolly makes the case that boards focusing only on internal controls are overlooking their largest attack surface, and that real resilience depends on stronger standards, better information sharing and collective accountability across the ecosystem.
