Cyberattacks have become a direct threat to physical supply chain operations. Recent incidents have shown that a single attack can generate hundreds of millions of dollars in losses by halting manufacturing plants, warehouses, transportation flows, or entire distribution networks. As supply chains become more automated, cloud-dependent, and interconnected, cyber exposure is becoming a core operational risk with direct implications for resilience and competitiveness. This 1.5-day MIT roundtable will bring together senior leaders across supply chain, IT, cybersecurity, legal, insurance, and risk management to examine how major cyber incidents are affecting physical supply chains and what organizations can do to prepare, respond, and recover faster.
Participants will learn directly from affected firms, compare current prevention, mitigation, and recovery practices, and identify the most urgent gaps where new research, tools, and collaboration are needed. The discussion will also explore emerging systemic risks, including cloud concentration, AI-enabled supply chains, and technology dependency across logistics networks. The roundtable will also introduce the new MIT Supply Chain Cybersecurity Lab, a collective effort to help protect global supply chains against cybercrime
Tuesday, September 22 - The roundtable will run 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, with a reception to follow.
Wednesday, September 23 - The roundtable will run 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Times are subject to change.
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Registration Note: This event is exclusively for members of the MIT CTL Supply Chain Exchange and invited guests. Please register using your work email to confirm eligibility. Upon registering, you will receive a “pending approval” status. Your request will be reviewed, and you will receive a confirmation email once approved.
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