Securing Industry 4.0: Four Steps to Building Cyber Resilience in Manufacturing
Zscaler, Monday, August 18th, 2025
Industry 4.0 and the rise of smart factories promise unprecedented benefits in efficiency, productivity and innovation. But, this increasing reliance on connected systems and technologies has a pernicious downside: significantly higher exposure to cyber risks.
Traditional manufacturing environments have typically maintained a clear separation between Information Technology (IT) systems, responsible for enterprise functions, and Operational Technology (OT) systems, which control physical equipment and production processes.
But this separation is rapidly dissolving. Driven by the need for real-time data, remote monitoring, and enhanced automation, the convergence of OT and IT introduces new and complex security challenges for manufacturers.