It is as true now as it ever was that the weakest part of a chain is where you should attack, and the supply chains in our modern global, hyper-connected economy are highly extended and, for larger international corporations, you can have upwards of 5, 000 to 10, 000 smaller suppliers inputting to your end products and services.

BBC: Viewpoint: Small firms prove to be weak link to hackers

Hyperconnectivity exaggerates some of the most destabilising trends in the modern workplace: the decline of certainty (as organisations abandon bureaucracy in favour of adhocracy), the rise of global supply chains and the general cult of flexibility.

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter