Here are three words you never want to hear: “We’ve been hacked.” This phrase strikes fear into the heart of even the most seasoned IT professional. Being the victim of a data breach has so many implications. Your reputation is ruined, you suffer financial losses, and recovery can be a long, drawn-out process (if it happens at all).
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Recently I read an article in the Supply Chain Technology News called "Is the Future of EDI in Blockchain?" that caught my attention. Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin, which is a digital currency that has grown in popularity and value. Several articles tout Blockchain as the next biggest thing since the Internet. The reason for this excitement is because of the security and distributed implementation.
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Every so often major players in EDI have business improvement initiatives that impact EDI standards, communications, industry initiatives, or technology deployment. These initiatives often have a ripple effect across the Supply Chain impacting an entire block of trading partners in an industry. These initiatives can be mandated upgrades to a given X12 EDI standard version, industry initiatives related to data synchronization and GS1, RFID technology deployed in conjunction with EDI, or communications protocol, encryption, and certificate changes such as that found in SHA-2 implementation.
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