Cyber security and the risk of doing nothing

Posted on 30 Nov 2016 by Tim Brown

Cyber security is a serious concern for manufacturers with aging networks a prime target for hackers - image courtesy of Pixabay

Have you ever looked at your system and thought: “Upgrading our equipment is too expensive and likely to cause downtime. Let’s just keep it running.” Ultimately, you made a risk decision. While cyber security hasn’t been a critical risk factor until recently, it has quickly emerged as one of today’s biggest risks.

However, trying to cut corners on cyber security with dated systems unnecessarily expose plant operations to uncontrolled failures, including complete process ‘crashes’.

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