51 percent organisations feel cyber attacks will surge in smart factories, claims report

At least 51% of industrial organisations believe that the number of cyber attacks in smart factories is likely to increase over the next 12 months. Yet, 47% of manufacturers say cyber security in their smart factories is not a C-level concern, a report said on Thursday.
According to the Capgemini report, few manufacturers have mature practices across the critical pillars of cyber security. The connected nature of smart factories is exponentially increasing the risks of attacks in the Intelligent Industry era.
“The benefits of digital transformation make manufacturers want to invest heavily in smart factories, but efforts could be undone in the blink of an eye if cyber security is not baked-in from the offset,” Geert van der Linden, Cyber security Business Lead at Capgemini, said in a statement.