Illumio makes manufacturers attack-tolerant

Zero Trust Segmentation contains a cyber-physical attack

Attacks can have a major impact on business

In the current shift to Industry 4.0 manufacturers are connecting business systems and IT networks to OT to improve business agility and operational efficiency. However recent attacks on OT networks have shown malicious actors are pivoting into the OT environment to disrupt production and extort money.

Disruption is prevalent and costly

63^%
63% of operators believe that cyber-attackers are more likely to focus on business disruption and reputational damage
48^%
48% of manufacturers consider cyber security as an impediment to smart factory initiatives
^$4.73
million
the average cost of a manufacturing data breach has increased to $4.73m in 2023

Why cybersecurity is essential for manufacturers

Maintain the production of critical products
Avoid financial and reputational harm
Achieve and maintain compliance

Cyber resilience requires an “assume breach” mindset

Cyber resilience is the ability to deliver services continuously and keep critical operations up and running during and after a security breach.

 Traditional cybersecurity solutions were designed to protect systems, networks, and data from attacks. Adopting a cyber resilience strategy with Zero Trust prevents systems and networks from being derailed when security is compromised.

Cyber resilience helps organizations recognize that attackers can be successful using improved evasion techniques. An “assume breach” mindset drives a more proactive approach to prepare, prevent, respond and recover from cybersecurity incidents.

Cybersecurity Resilience and the Assume Breach Mindset from Illumio

Challenges to manufacturing cyber resilience

Increased connectivity
A growing number of departments, systems, services and devices are connected, potentially exposing high-value services to attack.
Factory transformation
As factories become smarter the potential for attacks propagating from the IT world into ICS via lateral movement increases.
Targeted cyber-physical attacks
Criminals and nation-state actors have identified that cyber-physical attacks on critical devices have a long-term effect on service delivery.

How Illumio solves manufacturing security challenges

Watch this video to learn three ways the Illumio ZTS Platform helps energy and utility operators build cyber resilience and maintain the delivery of critical services.

Better cyber resilience with Zero Trust Segmentation

Become attack tolerant
Gain a clear perspective on security risksacross all assets and implement policy controls to stop the spread of attacks
Plan for an attack
Understand dependencies between assets andenhance cyber resilience for critical systems by adopting Zero TrustSegmentation.
Adapt in real time
Scale visibility and security policies dynamically as your IT environment evolves, ensuring business agility and resilience.

Manufacturers around the world contain breaches with Illumio

Illumio was simple to deploy, didn’t require any big investments in hardware, and is really easy to manage. It’s also a great choice if you want to get microsegmentation in place and add value quickly. We were in full enforcement of 90 to 95 percent of our estate within six months.

Fredrik Olandersson

NetworkAdministrator at NIBE

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