Endpoint protection for manufacturing

Growing cybersecurity challenges for manufacturing

Threat actors are leveraging AI to gain an alarming edge, putting manufacturing organizations at increasing risk.

AI can be used to develop social engineering campaigns, obfuscate malware, and even pinpoint vulnerabilities in patched or legacy software and operating systems. Further, cybercriminals are capable of curating malware to target specific machines, systems, and users – within just a few minutes. This poses an incredible risk to your data security and operating margins.

For the manufacturing industry, an AI-powered cyberattack could mean:

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Data breaches
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Production downtime
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Disruptions to the supply chain

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Cuts to operating margins
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Loss of intellectual property
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Reputational damage

Reduce manufacturing downtime and improve your security posture

With a lack of software updates and patching, organizations running operational technology on legacy systems are especially vulnerable to cyberattacks and malware that cause downtime. ThreatLocker prevents all software, including malware, from running on operational technology and allows only the software you specifically need and trust, keeping your operations up and running.

Manufacturing industry data breach costs

The industrial sector (including manufacturing) saw an increase of $830,000 USD in the average cost of a data breach, going from $4.73 million USD in 2023 to $5.56 million USD in 2024. On top of this, the average time to identify and contain a breach was above average compared to other industries at 199 days to identify and 73 days to contain.

State of the manufacturing industry

$5.56M

Average cost of data breach in 2024

83%

Breaches that were system intrusion, social engineering, or miscellaneous errors.

97%

Of threat actors were financially motivated

Vulnerabilities within legacy operating systems

ThreatLocker secures operational technology from malware that exploits unpatched vulnerabilities within legacy operating systems. Your operational technology running on outdated systems is protected from stalling or slowdowns.

Supply chain attacks and zero-day exploits

Allowlisting blocks all software from executing on your devices unless you specifically allow it to run. This mitigates malware brought in by third parties and software. Ringfencing prevents your trusted applications from becoming weaponized by cyber threats you can’t prepare for, such as zero-day exploits.

Internet of Things (IoT)

Network Control defends your corporate devices, servers, and operational technology from malicious network traffic. Devices are protected from compromise through dynamic ACLs, which can block all inbound traffic, with approval based on trusted IP addresses.

Data protection

Storage Control protects confidential data on your servers and endpoints as well as the backups located outside the immediate corporate network. The module implements granular policies to deny access to specific data stores based on user, time, and application.