Manufacturers risking reputation by ignoring cyber security

Posted on 15 May 2014 by Tim Brown

Many small and medium sized manufacturing businesses could vastly improve their online safety and subsequently their reputation if they made cyber security more of a priority.

According to new data from the government’s Cyber Security Tracker, 23% have suffered from a virus, Trojan, malware or spyware attack in the last year yet 49% never or rarely monitor their IT systems for security breaches. Many businesses confess that they rarely or never use complex passwords (34%) or encrypt files containing confidential or…

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