Business Reporter: Turning supply chain risk into an identity control exercise

Passwork’s tips for implementing NIS2 supply chain security controls

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, September 7, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In an article published on Business Reporter, Passwork is talking about how effective supply chain security is becoming a core compliance priority under the NIS2 Directive. NIS2’s Article 21 requires organisations to implement appropriate and proportionate cyber security risk management measures, including supply chain security, access control, asset management and multi-factor authentication. These controls should be tailored to each supplier's risk profile and the sensitivity of the assets they can access, taking into account external users, support accounts, systems and APIs that connect to critical infrastructure. ENISA's 2025 technical implementation guidance reinforces this approach by treating supplier access as an identity control challenge. Once a supplier has remote or privileged access, organisations must govern identities through documented access policies, least-privilege permissions and continuous oversight to reduce potential breach pathways.

Passwork helps organisations address common implementation challenges, including supplier resistance to named accounts, by centralising credential management and enforcing role-based access controls with full auditability. The company also recommends embedding cyber security requirements directly into supplier contracts, including incident notification duties, audit rights, subcontractor disclosure, vulnerability handling procedures and termination obligations. Deprovisioning timelines should form part of contractual service level agreements, making timely access revocation a measurable compliance metric. Passwork's ISO 27001-certified password and secrets management ecosystem centralises privileged credentials, automates secret rotation and supports comprehensive audit trails, helping organisations strengthen supplier governance while improving security, operational efficiency and regulatory readiness.

To find out more about the Passwork ecosystem, read the article.

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Passwork is an enterprise-grade, zero-knowledge password and secrets manager designed for businesses. It allows teams to securely store, organize and share credentials in encrypted vaults while providing administrators with central control over user access rights and security auditing.

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