The manufacturing sector is more vulnerable in the cloud than other verticals
Netwrix study reveals manufacturing organizations experienced account compromise and supply chain attacks more often than any other industry surveyed
IRVINE, Calif. — Netwrix announced additional findings for the manufacturing sector from its global 2022 Cloud Security Report. According to the survey, half (51%) of manufacturing companies experienced an attack on their cloud infrastructure within the last 12 months. The most common type of attack was phishing, reported by 73% of respondents.
Compared to other industries, the manufacturing sector turned out to be more prone to account compromise and supply chain attacks within the last year. In this sector, 38% of respondents had to deal with account compromise at least once, while the average for all other industries was 31%. Similarly, 19% of manufacturing organizations experienced supply chain compromise, but only 15% of respondents from other verticals reported this type of attack.