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BlackBerry/Make UK Research Reveals UK Manufacturing Sector Under Threat as Almost Half Suffer Cyberattack in the Last 12 Months

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Monday, December 5, 2022
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Worryingly, the majority (54%) decided not to take any further cybersecurity action despite adopting new technologies to boost production.

Key Points: 
  • Worryingly, the majority (54%) decided not to take any further cybersecurity action despite adopting new technologies to boost production.
  • UK manufacturers face a battery of cybersecurity risks, ranging from simple employee error to complex targeted attacks.
  • The research also found that production stoppages were the most common result of a cyberattack (65%), with reputational damage ranking second (43%).
  • Make UK, the manufacturers' organisation, is the representative voice of UK manufacturing, with offices in London, Brussels, every English region and Wales.