6. Supply chain security

In addition to the risks outlined above, there remains one major risk for all manufacturers of connected objects: that of supply chain attacks.

This involves upstream corruption of the components used in the manufacture of connected objects. This may involve compromising the component on the production line, or during transport. Vasilios Mavroudis, a doctoral researcher at University College London who has studied supply chain issues, finds the risk limited, particularly for non-military equipment. However, he does not rule out the possibility of such a risk . The problem is that identifying this problem requires in-depth analysis, which can entail...