Do you know that 71% of CISOs were hit by a third-party security incident this year? And 5% of organizations faced ten or more. Also, The 2025 Verizon DBIR confirms it; third-party involvement in breaches has doubled, surging from 15% to nearly 30%.
These are from recent survey by SecurityScorecard.
Wondering why the the relatively steep rise in Third Party incidents?
Because attackers aren’t breaching, they’re logging in. They’re exploiting OAuth tokens, misconfigured permissions, and inherited trust across cloud platforms, control systems, and vendor APIs.
In AV and enterprise environments, where integrations are essential, this risk is amplified. The truth is there should be no trade-off between smart and secure systems. We must build systems that are intelligent, connected and resilient by design.
What we can do?
Evolve Zero Trust for cloud integrations with no implicit access.
Ensure continuous posture monitoring, especially for vendor-connected systems.
Deploying AI-powered vulnerability management tools, to detect, prioritize, and remediate risks at machine speed.
Require your vendors to demonstrate ISO 27001 & 42001 alignment to hold them to the same standard you uphold internally.
The AV/IT stack is no longer isolated. It’s part of the enterprise fabric. Security isn’t a bolt-on, it’s a design principle. AV systems deserve uncompromising security. We don’t have to choose, we can and must have both.