India, May 22 -- The most dangerous cyberattacks today are not always direct. Increasingly, attackers are choosing a quieter and far more effective route - through the supply chain. They target trusted vendors, software providers or service partners instead of solely targeting one organization at a time and then take advantage of access points to harm multiple organizations at once. Supply chain attacks have become a serious national security risk as an effect of this transition.

Modern organizations depend on a vast network of third-party vendors. These links are important for speed and scale, from cloud services and software updates to managed IT providers. But they can also pose a risk.

Attackers know that it's extremely difficult to...