# Strengthening your supply chain security

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- Publisher: NCSC New Zealand
- Category: Cyber
- Original publication time: 2026-08-03T21:00:00Z
- First observed by NexusTechWire: 2026-10-01T17:27:56Z
- Original source: https://www.ncsc.govt.nz/news/strengthening-your-supply-chain-security/
- NexusTechWire record: https://nexustechwire.com/news/news-ac570e14b3ec2592fab2

## The brief

Data held by a supplier can still create risk for the organization that entrusted it to them. New NCSC guidance focuses on protecting information collected or stored by third parties, with practical controls and questions for supplier discussions. The agency stresses that security needs attention from the start and throughout the relationship, regardless of business size.

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Source license: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source material adapted into an original NexusTechWire brief. Original source license applies.

Read the full original: [NCSC New Zealand](https://www.ncsc.govt.nz/news/strengthening-your-supply-chain-security/)

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