Manufacturing Seeks Full Digitization Within 2 Years, 60% Say; Kaspersky Says Recovery Speed Matters as Much as Blocking Intrusions
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Kaspersky and VDC Strategy jointly released a report on Cyber Resilience for Manufacturing on the 31st.
The report said only 9% of manufacturers said they are fully digitized, while 60% expect to be fully digitized within the next 2 years.
Cyber incidents can lead to operational disruptions such as production stoppages and delivery delays, and the average operational downtime was surveyed at 15.3 hours.
As cyber threats against Manufacturing continue to rise, Kaspersky and VDC Strategy on the 31st jointly released a report titled "Cyber Resilience for Manufacturing, Built for Manufacturing."
The report focuses on Cyber Resilience in Manufacturing.
According to the report, manufacturers are moving quickly to digital transformation, but only 9% said they are currently fully digitized.
By contrast, 60% said they expect to achieve full digitization within the next 2 years, and manufacturers were found to be pursuing digital transformation not for the technology adoption itself, but to secure measurable operational outcomes.
The main goals of digital transformation were cited as improving production volume or production efficiency at 24%, reducing operating or production costs at 15%, creating new strategic opportunities at 14%, and strengthening Cyber Resilience at 13%.
Many manufacturing sites are moving to Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). At the same time, cyber risks stemming from digital transformation are expanding into business risks that directly affect production stability, quality, and operational continuity.
The report said disruptions in CPS environments do not remain confined to the digital realm and can lead to actual production stoppages. About 60% of manufacturers estimated that damage from a single cyber incident could exceed USD 1 million.
It also found that the average operational downtime caused by cyber incidents was 15.3 hours. The report said these figures were survey results.
The report noted that the cost of cyber incidents comes more from production disruptions than from investigation and forensics themselves. It analyzed that the largest losses come from production stoppages, delivery delays, and resulting fines, rather than forensic costs.
The report viewed downtime as a key factor linking cybersecurity risk and overall business performance. It also pointed to lower OEE, increased workforce operating burdens, and potential supply chain impacts as consequences of cyber incidents.
It also explained that recovery after an incident does not end with restarting systems alone. To resume production, it said it is necessary to regain trust in process parameters, quality records, and traceability information.
The report cited integrating OT security governance as a condition for a mature cybersecurity framework. It also identified metrics to manage, including recovery time, backup reliability, security coverage for legacy assets, and safe operation under degraded performance.
In sum, the report analysis said the role of cybersecurity is expanding beyond IT compliance to support continuous production. At the same time, it said the role of cybersecurity also extends beyond IT compliance to supporting operational resilience.
As the dispersion of security management responsibility across departments remains a challenge, 59% of the surveyed companies were found to place responsibility for managing security policies within the IT department. However, the report said this approach remains a challenge because there are cases in which security policies managed by the IT department do not sufficiently reflect conditions on the production floor.
Other major challenges for companies included managing multiple security tools, cited by 44%, and OT patch management issues, cited by 38%. Against this backdrop, the report said there is a need to integrate cybersecurity into day-to-day work on the factory floor, including production, engineering, and quality control, for the purpose of improving operational stability and responding to evolving cyber threats.
Andrey Strelkov said that as connectivity in manufacturing environments increases, the focus of cybersecurity changes. He said the emphasis is shifting away from simply adding layers of protection toward ensuring the availability, resilience, and integrity of production processes, adding that completely blocking intrusions is not enough and that minimizing operational impact and enabling rapid recovery are important.
Kaspersky said it supports manufacturers' secure digital transformation by providing an integrated security ecosystem that unifies IT, OT, and IIoT security, and that this strategy helps maintain operational continuity and reduce long-term cybersecurity costs.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Hye-jin
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=406260
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