Digital supply chain security

Okay kiddo, so imagine you have a toy and you want to give it to your friend who lives far away. You put the toy in a box and you write your friend's name and address on it so it gets to them. This is similar to how products get from a company to a customer in the "real world."

Now, imagine that instead of putting the toy in a physical box, you put a picture of the toy on your tablet. You then send the picture to your friend's tablet, who can then use a 3D printer to make their own toy. This is like a digital supply chain, where products are created and transferred using technology instead of physical objects.

But wait, what if someone naughty intercepts the picture or the information about the toy and makes their own version of it? This is where digital supply chain security comes in. It's like a guard at the door of your digital toy factory, making sure that only the people allowed in get to see and use the information.

Just like a guard, digital supply chain security uses different sorts of protections to keep the information safe. This can include things like passwords, firewall protections, and encryption. All of these tools help to make sure that only the right people can access the information or create the products, and that nothing bad happens along the way.

So, digital supply chain security is like a very important guard that makes sure the information doesn't fall into the wrong hands or get tampered with while it's being sent from one place to another. Just like a physical toy, we want to make sure that the digital version is safe and sound when it gets to its destination.