ZTNA in the Factory: Shielding Industrial Systems from Rising Cyberthreats

The manufacturing sector has undergone rapid digital transformation, driven by the adoption of smart factories and Industry 4.0 technologies. While these advancements deliver unprecedented gains in efficiency and production uptime, they also expose factories to an increasingly sophisticated and relentless wave of cyberthreats. These threats, often targeting outdated and insecure operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) like industrial switches and cellular gateways, can cripple critical processes, manipulate production data, or even inflict physical damage. Traditional perimeter-based security is …

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