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Cybersecurity
Rather than asking whether an organization is‘ secure’, leadership should be asking:
■ What systems could disrupt production if compromised?
■ How quickly would we detect an attack targeting those systems?
■ What controls limit the impact of a breach? Cyber risk becomes far easier to manage when it is framed in terms of operational consequences rather than technical complexity.
The path to higher cybersecurity maturity
Manufacturers do not need to rebuild their cybersecurity programs from scratch to achieve meaningful improvements. In many cases, the foundations already exist. The challenge is ensuring those capabilities work together to provide clear visibility, consistent control enforcement and meaningful insight into risk.
Organizations that focus on improving asset visibility, implementing continuous assurance and strengthening segmentation with UZTNA often find that these changes deliver an improvement in both cybersecurity maturity and compliance readiness. ■
Christina
Hoefer www. forescout. com
Christina Hoefer is VP of OT & IoT Strategy at Forescout. As AI-driven vulnerability discovery and exploitation accelerate attack velocity to machine speed, Forescout is a foundational cyber defense layer that allows organizations to segment and isolate compromised systems, block lateral movement, and automate response across IT, OT, IoT, and IoMT environments. The Forescout Vistaro™ platform, powered by agentic AI and enhanced with Vedere Labs threat intelligence, delivers a Universal Zero Trust Network Access( UZTNA) architecture that integrates seamlessly with 180 + security and IT products.
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