The Manufacturing Sector Experiences More Attacks in the Cloud than Any Other Industry
FRISCO, Texas, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy, today revealed additional findings for the manufacturing sector from its survey of 1,610 IT and security professionals across more than 100 countries.
- Phishing, user account compromise and data theft were the most common security incidents in the cloud for manufacturing companies in 2023.
- According to the survey, 64% of companies in the manufacturing sector suffered a cyberattack during the preceding 12 months, which is similar to the finding among organizations overall (68%).
- However, it turned out that the manufacturing sector experiences more cloud infrastructure attacks than any other industry surveyed.
- "The manufacturing sector relies heavily on the cloud to work with their supply chain in real time.