Understand and strengthen your Supply Chain
No matter how good your cyber security is, you should assume that you and your partners will experience a cyber incident at some point.
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A supplier whose network is connected to yours gets hacked. The result:
Your business data and your customer’s personal information have ended up in the wrong hands, putting your business and your customers at risk.
​​​​​​Supply chain cyber security focuses on and identifies the risks associated with your suppliers, and it’s important business owners invest in this.
​​Consider the implications, disruption, and impact, if your supplier is attacked...
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What are your security agreements?
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What are you expecting of them and their response?
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Do they have to notify you?
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Do they have to assist you if you are consequently also attacked?
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Your suppliers play an important role in keeping your company’s information safe. To help reduce that risk, we offer a complimentary, cyber security program designed to support your supply chain.
Benefits of our solution:
Participation in this cyber security program unlocks benefits for you and your suppliers:
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Easily integrated to strengthen your supply chain strategy.
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Receive reports on cyber threats an organisation faces.
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Updates about emerging threats and best practices.
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Your supply chain gains access to free and subsidised cyber security tools/services from the Home Office.
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Assist higher-risk organisations obtain a framework such as Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, or ISO 27001.
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Suppliers get better protected against fraud and cyber-attacks, lowering the business risk of your supply chain.​
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What is the process?
Step 1:
​Forward an email to your suppliers, asking them to visit www.secrc.police.uk/supplychain and follow step 2.​​​
Step 2:
To reduce the risk of fraud and cyber crime, start a cyber security journey by joining the police cyber resilience centre HERE, and be part of a stronger, safer, supply chain.
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You benefit from:
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An invitation for a free consultation to better understand your cyber security posture.
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Ability to take advantage of free and Home Office subsidised cyber security solutions, designed to improve cyber resilience.
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Regular newsletter highlighting current trends and threats helping keep an organsiation safer.
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Access to ​Police CyberAlarm which provides reports of suspicious cyber activity and vulnerabilities enabling an organisation to identify and mitigate cyber risks.
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Confirmation of membership status to the supply chain organisation if needed.​​
​Once an organisation has joined, we will:​​​​
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Onboard suppliers automatically and provide them with assistance.
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Stay in touch to help improve their cyber security.
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Encourage those who join to obtain Cyber Essentials, a government-backed scheme helping businesses of any size protect themselves against the most common cyber attacks.
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Assist in working towards a reliable and incident-free supply chain.
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Aim to make suppliers and you more resilient to fraud and cyber crime.