The Point: Production environments have become the preferred target of cyber-attacks, forcing companies to reorient their OT security strategies.
Digital attacks on production environments are experiencing significant growth. For CISOs, securing Operational Technology (OT) systems is increasingly becoming a critical challenge that goes beyond classical IT security.
The number of documented cyber-attacks on manufacturing facilities is continuously increasing. These attacks are no longer directed solely against classical IT infrastructures, but are specifically targeted at production machines, control systems, and industrial process automation.
For Chief Information Security Officers, this development represents an expansion of security responsibility: OT systems follow different logic than classical IT. They are often in production for decades, cannot be easily patched, and system failure has immediate impacts on production and supply chains. The convergence of IT and OT creates new attack surfaces.
Organizations must review their network segmentation, establish visibility in OT environments, and implement specialized monitoring solutions. NIS2 Directive requirements intensify this pressure by establishing mandatory cyber-resilience standards for critical infrastructure.
Source: news.google.com · Published July 10, 2026
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