Ep 157 - Supply Chain Under Siege: What Australian Security Leaders Must Do Now
From ASIAL Security Insider by Australian Security Industry Association Limited
May 12, 2026 · 38 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of geopolitical instability on supply chain security and offers practical actions for security leaders in Australia.
The US–Iran conflict is a sharp reminder that supply-chain security is no longer just a logistics or procurement issue. For Australian organisations, geopolitical instability can quickly become a business continuity, security, insurance, transport and critical infrastructure problem. In this episode of Security Insider, we speak with Andrew Harris from Ironbark Strategic and Bilal Ali Khan from Spinnaker Infrastructure about what senior security managers in Australia should be doing now to understand and reduce their exposure to supply-chain disruption. The discussion explores the impact of conflict on maritime routes, energy costs, freight movement, insurance, critical suppliers, ports, warehousing, contractor risk and organisational resilience. We also examine the secondary risks that often emerge during disruption, including cargo theft, fraud, counterfeit goods, grey-market sourcing, insider threat and organised-crime activity. Most importantly, this episode focuses on practical action: how security leaders can map supply-chain dependencies, identify single points of failure, monitor escalation indicators, brief executives, strengthen crisis plans and build a more resilient…
People in this episode
Guests: Andrew Harris, Bilal Ali Khan
Topics covered
- supply chain security
- geopolitical instability
- business continuity
- security management
- risk management
- organisational resilience
Keywords
- supply chain
- geopolitical risks
- security leaders
- business continuity
- risk management
- cargo theft
- organised crime
- critical infrastructure
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Ironbark Strategic, Spinnaker Infrastructure
Places: Australia, US, Iran
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