Analyzing Deficits in Awareness Among Chief Supply Chain Officers Who Have Not Adopted Cybersecurity as a Threat to Supply Chains

This article addresses the lack of cybersecurity awareness addressing critical gaps in the managerial decision-making of Supply Chain Officers (SCO) at the executive level. Research suggests that C-Suite Level SCOs do not address technology integration and have not adopted cybersecurity as a threat to supply chains. This research seeks to understand the related level of alignment and how organizations can deploy a Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) strategy that goes beyond single companies' technical and internal functioning and moves beyond the dyad. A better alignment ultimately leads to improved cyber supply chain resilience. Several critical areas that threaten the supply chain are addressed for awareness. Recommendations are offered at the conclusion of the article for adoption and consideration.