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OEMs Play Larger Role in Manufacturing Industry Cybersecurity

Since OEMs also serve manufacturing clients who are themselves vulnerable to cyberattack, there are a few extra considerations to be aware of with regard to cybersecurity.

OEMs should keep cybersecurity top of mind in their business, carefully monitor their own products in the market to ensure their ongoing security, and strictly regulate the devices they use for external work.
OEMs should keep cybersecurity top of mind in their business, carefully monitor their own products in the market to ensure their ongoing security, and strictly regulate the devices they use for external work.

Much of the focus on cybersecurity has discussed what manufacturers can do to better protect themselves, but OEMs and other suppliers to the manufacturing industry are also targets for cyberattack: They are a repository of valuable data, they have significant IT and OT operations, and they often lack the internal resources needed to adequately address cybersecurity.

Like brand manufacturers, OEMs need to thoroughly assess their cybersecurity vulnerabilities, properly segment networks and manage their access, create and test recovery plans, and properly train personnel. But, since OEMs also serve manufacturing clients who are themselves vulnerable to cyberattack, there are a few extra considerations to be aware of.

According to “2021 Cybersecurity: Assess Your Risk,” a new report from PMMI Business Intelligence, OEMs should consider partnering with a third-party cybersecurity firm to ensure safeguards are adequate and employees are properly informed. Since one of the biggest concerns for OEMs is shielding their client data and client lists from outside observers, a third-party expert can help OEMs avoid being compromised and can quickly implement damage-mitigating measures should a data breach occur, demonstrating to their clients that they take the integrity of their data seriously.


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With the securing and segmenting of networks, OEMs have additional responsibility due to their external connections, which could potentially be used as a bridge to reach other targets within the client networks.

Brand manufacturers interviewed list what they need from suppliers to better safeguard both software systems and hardware equipment:

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