Preparing the Manufacturing Industry for New Age Cyber Attacks

The document provides a high-level overview of rising cyber threats to the manufacturing industry, noting frequent incidents leading to unauthorized access, operational disruptions, intellectual property loss, and significant financial impact. It emphasizes sector-specific challenges—such as IT/OT convergence, legacy systems, proprietary protocols, and limited security awareness—and recommends practical defenses including Zero Trust and ZTNA, stronger endpoint security, regular patching, supply-chain risk management, employee training, leveraging threat intelligence, and continuous network monitoring to strengthen overall resilience.