How cybersecurity threats are affecting the manufacturing sector

Manufacturing shop floors may look futuristic these days, with industrial robots, wireless connectivity and large-data operations driving efficiencies.
However, it has potentially created a crippling problem — unsecured resources.
Metals, capital goods, chemicals and electronics industries are fast becoming prone to cyber security risks as investments in manufacturing systems that incorporate connected devices, or Internet of Things (IoT), increase.
As a result, manufacturers are rushing to prioritize cyber security in their overall information technology spending.
Threat actors are “increasingly targeting non-information technology industries, such as automobile or manufacturing, because such industries give secondary preference to cyber security,” according to Seqrite, the enterprise security arm of Pune-headquartered Quick Heal Technologies.