Manufacturing organizations face a range of cyber threats, including attacks against industrial control systems and IoT systems. Manufacturing has in particular experienced a sharp rise in ransomware attacks over the past year, according to another recent report from Dragos, underscoring the fact that most attacks against the manufacturing industry initially take place against IT systems.
According to the Omdia report, 75% of attacks against manufacturers in the past year started in IT, not OT, with 62% of respondents experiencing a resilience or availability issue, typically causing damage ranging from $200,000 to $2 million.
“Greater connectivity between IT and OT is necessary to use advanced technologies for innovation in production. But it also increases the risk of a security breach,” the authors of the study emphasize. A smaller portion of manufacturing companies are sufficiently prepared when it comes to protecting and defending against cyber risks, the authors conclude.
