At supplemental insurance provider Aflac, safeguarding information collected on behalf of employees and the customers and businesses they serve is a key tenet of the company’s culture, says Tim Callahan, global CISO.

“Cybercriminals are innovative, willing to take risks, and have no regard for regulations,” Callahan says. “Criminals see the supplier channels as a softer target, which have experienced an increase of attacks. We have a robust third-party security program, but we can’t control [its] environment.”

In addition, given the state of geopolitics, companies could become a corollary or ancillary target, Callahan says.