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The State of Supply Chain Security 2026 — UK Edition
82.4% of UK organisations experienced at least one incident in their supply chain in the past year, while 47.2% experienced two or more.
Traditional Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) is struggling to keep pace with the modern threat landscape. Point-in-time risk assessments, siloed processes and the lack of collaboration with peers are draining resources while leaving organisations structurally blind to risks in their extended supply chains beyond direct third parties.
Based on a comprehensive survey of 500 UK cyber security and third-party risk management professionals across the UK as well as empirical data from the Risk Ledger network of over 16,000 organisations, this flagship report establishes a definitive baseline for the state of modern supply chain security in the UK.
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An analysis of the "perfect storm" confronting UK enterprises, where state-sponsored cyber sabotage merges with the supply chain risks introduced by rapid artificial intelligence adoption.
A deep dive into the five operational pillars necessary to transition TPRM from static risk management excercise into a dynamic, continuous cyber defence discipline.
Real-world platform insights on the results when collaborative peer communities across UK Government bodies, Local Authorities, and Financial Institutions Defend-as-One
What you will learn:
Key Findings:
Stubborn Incident Frequency & High Levels of Concern
82.4% of surveyed UK organisations experienced at least one supply chain incident in the past year, with 47.2% suffering repeat compromises. 86% of cyber security professionals rank supply chain risk as a top-three operational concern for 2026.
Mapping supply chain exposure during Emerging Threats
56% of enterprises admit they cannot map their extended supply chain’s exposure to an emerging threat within 24 hours of an incident occurring .
Continuous Monitoring shortfalls
Only 38% of organisations can execute necessary security due diligence for new suppliers within two weeks, while 12% drag on for more than a full month — stalling business agility.
Why this matters now:
- Regulators are shifting from firm-by-firm oversight to sector-wide mapping of dependencies.
- Supply chain security is now treated as a resilience and national security issue, not just a firm-level compliance function.
- The report sets out Active Supply Chain Security as a new model.
- State-sponsored attacks has become the new normal in major supply chain incidents.
- Attackers are increasingly using AI to find and exploit vulnerabilities at scale.
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