Safety professionals and risk managers in the manufacturing, construction and service sectors spend considerable time ensuring that their workers’ have a physically and mentally safe workplace. Recent technology outages and cyberattacks demonstrate that safety professionals also need to consider technology risks that could pose a threat to workers’ safety.
Here’s what you need to know about the risks that cyberattacks and Internet of Things (IoT) breaches pose to workers—and what steps you can take to address those risks.
The CrowdStrike outage in summer 2024 was a botched Microsoft software update that became the largest cyber outage in U.S. history. While not a cyberattack, the impact of this outage was especially extreme on airlines. In fact, Delta had to cancel hundreds of flights over a period of days. That caused severe disruptions for customers and employees, who experienced scheduling issues, which are critical in the aerospace industry because federal law prohibits employees from exceeding the work hours allowed for safety purposes.
The CrowdStrike outage is a good reminder that organizations must be vigilant and understand that the intangible world of cyber…
