Top 4 Features of Supply Chain Management Tools in 2024 | UpGuard

This article outlines how modern Supply Chain Management (SCM) tools address six categories of risk—especially cybersecurity—by organizing solutions into four types: Risk Analysis/Attack Surface Monitoring, Vendor Risk Management (VRM), Code Verification (SAST/DAST), and Geopolitical Intelligence. It presents a four-quadrant framework (Attack Surface Visibility, Vendor Risk Management, Code Verification, Geopolitics) and provides real-world examples showing how tools like UpGuard, Veracode, IBM AppScan, and GeoQuant deliver visibility, governance, and proactive risk control across third- and fourth-party ecosystems.