How Manufacturing Organisations Can Increase Their Cybersecurity

The report highlights an escalation in ransomware and cybercrime targeting manufacturing — using the 2023 Clorox ransomware incident (operational systems taken offline, containment took over a month, losses in the tens of millions USD) and other high-impact breaches as examples — summarizes sector-level data (manufacturing prominence in Arctic Wolf IR engagements, 26% of alerts, median ransomware cost $500,000) and outlines recommended mitigations such as continuous monitoring, IAM best practices, risk-based vulnerability management, security awareness training, and incident response planning.