Greater recognition of the fragility and interdependence of critical manufacturing systems is reflected in the move toward sustainable industrial cyber risk management. Treating cybersecurity as a one-time expense or as an IT problem that should be ignored is no longer sufficient. The complexity and accuracy of contemporary threats, along with the fact that digital systems now directly manage physical infrastructure, and where even a brief malfunction could endanger lives, halt production, or have an impact on supply chains, are what is causing this shift.
Increasingly, organizations are beginning to go beyond responding to cybersecurity crises. They are realizing that cyber resilience needs to be a dynamic aspect of their operations, one that is constantly changing, based on governance, and supported by leadership. The question now is not whether a disruption will occur, but rather how ready organizations are for it, mainly entails integrating security into operations rather than adding it after the fact. The ability of a business to adjust, absorb, and continue operating under pressure is becoming a performance metric in and of itself. It is measured not only in…
