A robotics expert with consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton ( BAH ) has sounded the alarm over the dangers to global supply chains posed by social engineering .

Dr Sean Anthony Guillory , a Senior Robotics Process Automation Bot Developer says too much talk around supply chain cybersecurity is focused on hardware and technology .

“ Cybersecurity discussions often focus on data , digital infrastructure , and physical systems rather than people ,” he says . “ But the human element is key when modelling cyber threats to supply chains .”

It is humans , he says , on whom all supply chains depend .

“ It is humans who plan , gather supplies , manufacture , deliver and enable sales ,” he writes . “ And it is humans who are responsible for all the communications and logistics in between .”

Dr Guillory points out this is why cyber criminals target people as a way of hacking into supply chain systems . “ In some supply chain attacks , influencing humans is the end goal , and this is why cyber leadership needs to prepare for this kind of threat .”

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