Technologies like integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, cloud computing and connected machine sensor networks, remote access, and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) make manufacturing more efficient, while also create new exploitable points of vulnerability. PACK EXPO International exhibitors has the latest solutions and safeguards.
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The next big cybersecurity challenge for manufacturers is how to secure the remote access points that have been implemented on the plant floor during the pandemic before hackers can exploit these new channels into the organization.
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OEMs Play Larger Role in Manufacturing Industry Cybersecurity
Since OEMs also serve manufacturing clients who are themselves vulnerable to cyberattack, there are a few extra considerations to be aware of with regard to cybersecurity.
May 18th, 2021
OEMs should keep cybersecurity top of mind in their business, carefully monitor their own products in the market to ensure their ongoing security, and strictly regulate the devices they use for external work. Much of the focus on cybersecurity has discussed what manufacturers can do to better protect themselves, but OEMs and other suppliers to the manufacturing industry are also targets for cyberattack: They are a repository of valuable data, they have significant IT and OT operations, and they often lack the internal resources needed to adequately address cybersecurity.