Manufacturing
We've curated 105 cybersecurity statistics about Manufacturing to help you understand how threats like ransomware and supply chain attacks are impacting production lines and operational technologies in 2025.
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Across both sectors (manufacturing and automotive), 70% of respondents expect DDoS attack mitigation to be largely driven by AI (as opposed to humans) within four years.
A significant minority (37%) of manufacturing and automotive decision-makers foresee AI causing network costs to rise.
Only one-fifth of OEMs are implementing a compliance plan for the EU Cyber Resilience Act. This is also stated as nearly one-fifth of respondents who admit they have no compliance plan regarding cybersecurity regulations.
Under one-quarter of OEMs can deploy a security update within weeks
Security and time-to-market are ranked equally as top business priorities by OEMs.
Over a third of OEMs cite prioritization as the top roadblock to establishing an explicit Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) process.
More than half of OEMs claim to comply or plan to comply with cybersecurity regulations.
Nearly half of product launch delays stem from software issues like bugs, deployment problems, and new security patches, say OEMs.
A fifth of OEMs are unsure of which regulations or standards apply regarding cybersecurity.
In 2024, the most targeted sectors were: manufacturing (17%), business services (11%), construction (9%), retail (9%).
Manufacturing has experienced a dramatic, nearly sixfold surge in espionage-motivated breaches, jumping to 20% from just 3% last year.
Manufacturing companies saw 20x growth in employee AI adoption.
Manufacturing is the #1-targeted industry by attacks for the fourth year in a row.
Manufacturing organisations experienced 24% of attacks involving data theft.
Manufacturing organisations experienced 29% of attacks involving extortion.
Manufacturing had the highest number of ransomware cases in 2024.
The industries most heavily impacted by ransomware in Q1 2025 were manufacturing, retail, and technology. Notably, the non-profit sector saw a dramatic surge in ransomware attacks, with incidents doubling quarter-over-quarter .
76% of Malaysian manufacturers agree that Private cellular technology enhances connectivity, ensuring reliability and secure communications.
63.5% of manufacturers surveyed rank strengthening cybersecurity posture as the most important investment. This is up from 21.9% in the first wave of the survey in 2024.
84% of Germany's Greenfield facilities have achieved Modern Factory Maturity.