Quick… what’s a dirty little secret that most people would not want aired publicly? No… this is a business-related blog, try again. ;-) If you answered, “We were hacked, and it took our systems down long enough to impact our operations and those of our customers,” you’d be in good company. At our most recent Executive Advisory Board meeting, one of our members lamented that while their team is quite advanced in terms of overall supplier relationship management, they are still frequently surprised when cyber disruptions happen at suppliers. This week, during an event for our COO and CSCO communities, we surveyed attendees on whether they or their supply partners had been impacted by cyberattacks since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We also asked if they are seeing a trend in this type of activity. It was an anonymous poll, but I suspect many of the leaders on the call chose ...