Nearly a third of UK manufacturers say they or a company in their supply chain experienced a cyber incident in the past year, while only half have a response plan in place. Supply-chain incidents are disrupting productionThe Guardian reported that a Make UK survey found 30% of manufacturers had experienced a cyber incident either directly or through their supply chain during the previous 12 months. The Cyber Monitoring Centre separately estimated the wider UK financial impact at £1.9 billion across more than 5,000 organizations, including disruption to JLR’s multi-tier manufacturing supply chain and downstream businesses. For manufacturers, supply-chain breaches require more than vendor questionnaires. A factory restart can involve production scheduling, logistics, supplier systems, and the controlled return of equipment, not just restoring files.