Legacy tech ‘stalling GenAI adoption in manufacturing’
Manufacturing organisations worldwide are increasingly turning to GenAI to establish smart factories, spur innovation, improve productivity, build resilience and gain competitive advantage – but research indicates legacy tech is hampering progress. An NTT DATA report – “Feet on the Floor, Eyes on AI: Do you have a plan or a problem?” – also uncovers significant challenges related to workforce and […]
53% of manufacturers say operational tech is vulnerable to cyber attack
Manufacturing industry security teams are seeing the information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) environments converging at a rapid pace, but are struggling to safeguard OT assets as they are using the same tools to safeguard their IT infrastructure. As a result, IT teams can’t keep up with growing volumes of security data or the […]
McAfee advocates shared responsibility for cyber security in manufacturing
McAfee’s latest Cloud Adoption and Risk Report revealed that between January and April 2020, enterprise use of cloud in the manufacturing industry spiked by 144%, compared to the average overall enterprise increase of 50%. Likewise, external attacks on cloud accounts increased by 630%, with manufacturing verticals seeing a 679% increase in threats, making it one of the […]
UK’s manufacturing sector facing COVID-19 cyber threats
Manufacturing is now the most attacked sector representing almost a third of all cyber attacks in the UK & Ireland, while Technology was the most attacked sector globally. That’s according to the 2020 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) from NTT, which says that despite efforts to layer up defences, many organisations are unable to stay ahead of […]
