Six cybersecurity challenges facing manufacturers

Weighing the current 24/7 production schedule against the future risk of cyber threats lies at the heart of the manufacturer’s paradox

Protectng manufacturing systems from cyberattacks is a critcal but, in TCS’ experience, often underinvested need in companies ranging far beyond traditonal manufacturers such as automobile, steel, and chemical makers. Many more industries today have their own flavor of operational technology, from the fleet management of giant cargo ships to retail, point-of-sale hardware to data center thermostats.

While some of these capabilites have leapfrogged the security challenges facing manufacturers by being more recently developed and deployed, the risks threatening to take factories offline have the potental to affect the widest possible range of industries.