Every Link Matters: The State of Supply Chain Security 2026 — UK Edition
Based on a comprehensive survey of 500 UK cyber security and third-party risk management professionals as well as empirical data from the Risk Ledger network of over 16,000 organisations, Risk Ledger's annual flagship report Every Link Matters establishes a definitive baseline for modern supply chain security risks facing the UK and what to do about it.
It outlines the structural evolution required to move beyond siloed, bilateral and compliance-driven TPRM toward a model of Active Supply Chain Security (ASCS) — focussed on network-first visibility and sector-wide resilience.
Every Link Matters: The State of Supply Chain Security 2026 - UK Edition
of UK organisations experienced at least one supply chain incident in the past year, with 47.2% suffering repeat compromises.
of cyber security professionals rank supply chain risk as a top-three operational concern for 2026.
of enterprises admit they cannot map their extended supply chain’s exposure to an emerging threat within 24 hours of an incident.
Watch the key findings
Learn about key insights of the report from the Risk Ledger leadership team in these short video snippets.
The Hidden Threat in Your Supply Chain
What you’ll learn inside the report
What security leaders will learn from the 2026 annual report.
A data-backed analysis of why point-in-time assessments and external scanning struggle to handle modern supply chain risks. This section includes survey data detailing the exact operational bottlenecks that cause over half of surveyed UK firms to require 24 hours or longer to map their breach exposure.
An overview of how frameworks like DORA and the UK’s FCA/PRA operational resilience rules are changing the baseline for risk management. The report outlines the specific operational demands these regulations place on organisations regarding continuous monitoring and deep-tier supply chain mapping.
An evaluation of shared infrastructure vulnerabilities, with a specific focus on unmapped deep-tier dependencies and hidden concentration risks. It includes examples from the financial services sector, UK government bodies and local authorities detailing the power of collaboration.
Key sectoral findings preview
financial institutions decided to work together and Defend-as-One.
the shared dependencies across their nth tiers these organisations discovered.
the number of potential concentration risks and single points of failure revealed.
of these concentration risks were rated at critical. Find out the most glaring control weaknesses.
Download the report for the data, context and recommended next steps.
What’s inside the full report
An Introduction to this year's annual report and what is different to last year./
This section outlines the modern threat landscape—including geopolitical tensions
and AI-driven vulnerabilities—and details the shifting UK and EU regulatory framework.
Using benchmark data from 500 UK security professionals, this section measures
real-world metrics across supplier onboarding speeds, deep-tier visibility gaps, and
incident response readiness.
Chain Security
This chapter defines the core features and five pillars of Active Supply Chain Security (ASCS),
proposing a structural transition from isolated compliance assessments to continuous,
network-first operational defene.
This section delivers empirical data and case studies from UK government bodies, local
authorities, and financial institutions to demonstrate how collaborative networks successfully
map deep-tier dependencies and expose shared concentration risks.
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