"Without evidence from assurance processes, it’s very difficult to make credible risk-based decisions." NIST
The manufacturing industry is facing a time of unprecedented digitization, with the adoption of new technologies being embraced like never before. Often referred to as ‘Industry 4.0’, advancements in technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, internet of things (IOT), analytics and augmented reality have improved manufacturing processes, supply chain management and customer experience.
These advancements bring opportunity, but also the need to protect adequately against cyber-attacks. With manufacturing becoming the most attacked industry according to IBM's Threat Intelligence Index 2022, cybersecurity is high on the agenda for this sector. Especially as manufacturers are increasingly being asked by customers to demonstrate the robustness of their cybersecurity processes.
Manufacturing is an essential part of the global supply chain, a fact that ransomware actors are taking advantage off. With real risk around loss of data, disruption to production, capital theft and intellectual property, and not to mention damage to reputation, manufacturers need to take cybersecurity seriously.
Nipper helps advanced cyber teams make credible, risk-based decisions to improve network security and protect critical networks against increasingly sophisticated exploits. Nipper’s accurate configuration assessments enables users to detect misconfigurations in routers, switches and firewalls, as well as determining their impact to the network if exploited, the ease of exploitation, and ease of fix - in order to prioritize remediation workflows by risk criticality. Nipper Enterprise is now providing this capability at scale, enabling the assessment of up to 300,000 devices on an up-to-hourly basis, and the roadmap to automatically remediate vulnerabilities and insecure configurations in order to help organisations establish a defendable network.
