Once a laggard in adopting digital technology, the manufacturing sector has made significant gains in recent years. Today, companies are hooking into cloud technology and continually digitizing operations. As a result, they’re able to better handle disruption and dramatically advance efficiency and initiatives across their organizations.
Still, those in manufacturing do face more obstacles than other industries as part of their digital transformation journey. From headquarters to satellite offices to overseas facilities, data can get trapped in disconnected systems. To integrate and leverage this trove of siloed information, special applications are needed, as are purpose-built devices to harness sensor data which is critical in the manufacturing process. All of this greatly expands a manufacturer’s attack surface, creating security vulnerabilities that are drawing cyber criminals in record numbers.
