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The Defence Supply Chain Risk Nobody Priced In
Every prospective defence supplier who calls me wants roughly the same thing: help understanding what the MOD actually requires, so they can get into the supply chain and start earning from it. Nobody opens the conversation asking what they’re taking on. They open it asking how to get in. One of them, a small manufacturer…
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The Danzell Problem Nobody in the Supply Chain Has Fixed Yet
In July, I was running an assurance review with a defence supplier just as their annual SAQ renewal came up. Everything on their end was spotless. Cyber Essentials reissued under the new Danzell requirements? Done in June. Cloud-wide MFA, tighter patch windows, and social media brought into scope? All checked off. It was a textbook…
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When Defence Spending Becomes a Cyber Security Problem
The UK government wants to hit 3% of GDP on defence by 2029, several years earlier than originally planned. That’s an additional £17.3 billion a year by 2029/30 on the OBR-based estimate that’s been widely cited. No formal decision has been taken yet and the Treasury is reportedly cautious, but the direction is clear. At…