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supply chain attacks

supply chain attacks is the plural of supply chain attack.

Meaning of supply chain attack

Noun

supply chain attack (plural supply chain attacks)

  1. (computer security) A cyberattack via a third party in the victim's digital supply chain.
    • A supply chain attack targets organizations by focusing on weaker links in that organization's supply chain. For example, a supply chain attack can enable hackers to compromise enterprise networks by attacking connected applications or services owned or used by business partners such as suppliers.2023, R. Kelly Rainer, Brad Prince, Introduction to Information Systems, 10th edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 83

Questions about supply chain attacks

What is supply chain attacks the plural of?
Supply chain attacks is the plural of supply chain attack.

Words near supply chain attacks in the dictionary

  1. supply
  2. supply air
  3. supply and demand
  4. supply chain
  5. supply chain attack
  6. supply chain attacks
  7. supply chain visibilities
  8. supply chain visibility
  9. supply chains
  10. supply curve
  11. supply curves

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