Why One Vendor Can Shut Down Your Entire Business | A must know in 2026

2025 reshaped how organizations view third-party cyber risk. In this deep-dive episode, we analyze the real incidents that caused operational shutdowns across healthcare, aviation, manufacturing, and financial services.

You’ll hear how:

• The Change Healthcare ransomware attack exposed up to 190 million records and triggered a multi-billion-dollar disruption
• Jaguar Land Rover suffered a six-week global production halt due to a vendor cyber incident
• Airlines faced airport gridlock after a single IT supplier failure
• Cloud misconfigurations leaked millions of healthcare records
• Stolen credentials and MFA bypass techniques accelerated account takeovers
• CLOP ransomware exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in file transfer and ERP systems
• Regulators enforced DORA and NIS2 accountability for vendor risk
• AI-driven cyber attacks are emerging as the next threat wave

This episode connects cyber risk directly to business continuity, operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and vendor governance, critical insights for risk leaders, CISOs, compliance teams, procurement professionals, and third-party risk practitioners.

🎧 Listen to understand why vendor ecosystems now represent the single largest source of enterprise risk and what organizations must prioritize going into 2026.

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