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“2021 Cybersecurity: Assess Your Risk,” a new report from PMMI Business Intelligence, the first and most important step a manufacturer can take to improve their cybersecurity preparedness is to gain a thorough understanding of their operation’s vulnerabilities, and how those vulnerabilities can be exploited.
Modern manufacturing’s expanding scope of integrated technology is a ripe target for cybercriminals, as is the widespread adoption of cloud and edge computing.
Integrated Technology
Integrated production lines using smart sensors and actuators to collect data digitally has driven more flexible production and increased the rapid adoption of new technologies over the past decade. The desire for increased data collection continues to gain momentum and has spread across processing and packaging operations, with most companies moving toward an IIoT model of manufacturing.
According to
“2021 Cybersecurity: Assess Your Risk,” a new report from PMMI Business Intelligence, Information Technology (IT) attacks “specifically target the enterprise IT systems at a manufacturer, seeking to gain entry through vectors such as email, a CRM system, or an ERP program, which can span across an operation.”
Operational Technology (OT) attacks “are designed to exploit the systems that are directly on the plant floor. An OT attack can originate through vectors such as individual sensors on the production line, SCADA/HMI panels, or even unsecured PLCs.” Said one CEO of a software security partner, “There have also been malware attacks on motion and vision systems on the plant floor, therefore it is imperative that manufacturers know their updates are only coming from trusted suppliers.”