Supply chain vulnerabilities doubled from 15% to 30% in recent reports as nation-state adversaries target single B2B service providers to access millions of records. The CrowdStrike incident renewed focus on concentration risk and unexpected downtime planning, but organizations struggle to extend IT-focused third-party risk programs into manufacturing supply chains.

Manufacturing supply chain risk differs fundamentally from IT vendor assessment. Raw material suppliers cannot complete 300-question security questionnaires, yet breaches at third-party logistics partners force costly replanning across entire operations.

The session will explore:

• Why supply chain defense prioritizes help desk authentication and network segmentation over stopping nation-state actors;
• Digital twin applications that validate attack scenarios before production deployment;
• Business continuity frameworks that plan for supplier breach downtime rather than prevention alone.