A new global survey by Crowd Strike shows the average cost of a software supply chain attack is $1.1 million.

• According to a new survey, and most organizations worldwide have been victims of a software supply chain attack.
• Some 90% of organizations say software supply chain attacks cost an average of more than $1.1 million.
• A Professional stated “They now inject malicious code into legitimate software,” he says. “It’s mostly invisible, which is why these attacks are becoming more common.”
• 71% say they don’t consistently require the same security requirements of their third-party suppliers as they use internally. 
• The survey, conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Crowd Strike, includes responses from 1,300 senior IT decision-makers and security pros in the US, Canada, UK, Mexico, Australia, Germany, Japan, and Singapore.