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Tec de Monterrey and MIT set six joint research lines on supply-chain cybersecurity
Tecnológico de Monterrey and MIT's Center for Transportation and Logistics will study six topics, from incident testing to minimum operations during digital failures, to help companies handle supply-chain cyberattacks.
Why it matters: Companies seeking to prevent, mitigate and respond to cyberattacks on their supply chains are the intended users of the joint Tec–MIT research.
Tecnológico de Monterrey said it and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will investigate six topics to strengthen supply-chain cybersecurity, ranging from incident testing to minimum operations when digital systems fail.
According to the university, the work plan stems from an alliance between Tec's Santa Fe campus and the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (MIT CTL), as part of which the MIT CTL Supply Chain Cybersecurity Lab was created on 1 September 2026.
The university cited Forbes as reporting that supply-chain cyberattacks in Mexico rose by 38 per cent over the past year.
Patricia Chávez, director of the Cybersecurity Hub, said the collaboration aims to strengthen applied research on supply-chain cybersecurity challenges, which she described as strategic for Mexico's competitiveness.
Editor’s view
Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor
Companies exposed to cyberattacks on their supply chains are the stated beneficiaries of the six research lines, which stem from the Tec–MIT CTL alliance that also created the MIT CTL Supply Chain Cybersecurity Lab on 1 September 2026.
