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“ If your culture is different to what your supply culture is , say they don ’ t do patch management and they don ’ t have security constraints , they just want to sell a product to you and see that product in your system you have a problem ,” he explains .
“ Ultimately you ’ re responsible because you are managing your customer . So you need to make sure those risks are being mitigated , so there ’ s no finger-pointing at the later stage .”
Ashish recommends that manufacturers evaluate governance , saying they must assess cyber programmes across the entire value chain , stakeholders and the organisation . This is a critical step , as the sector is full of partner dependencies .
“ We want to avoid sovereignty issues and inconsistencies between how partners are legislatively following the frameworks versus what geography they are in ,” he says .
“ There could be challenges with the lack of data sharing , there could be challenges in terms of information sharing and so on . So governance is very , very important as part of that . At Verizon Security Consulting we process and work with customers to ensure it is at the top of the value chain .”
Verizon also makes sure customers “ Go through the evolution of their products and their environment , ensuring the cybersecurity measures are imperative to their systems , from production to decommissioning , so that if they get attacks , they don ’ t get disrupted by those attacks .”
“If your culture is different to what your supply culture is … you have a problem ”
ASHISH KHANNA , SENIOR DIRECTOR OF VERIZON SECURITY CONSULTING , VERIZON
112 January 2025