17/08/2026
Is UK Manufacturing asleep at the controls when it comes to cyber security?
According to Make UK, nearly one in three manufacturers experienced a serious cyber incident, either directly or through their supply chain, that affected operations.
And when they were hit, the consequences spread.
31% experienced delays, 31% experienced reduced capacity, 23% experienced shortages of components or materials.
Yet only 51% of manufacturers have an incident response plan.
And just 45% say they have senior ownership of cyber risk.
That should make uncomfortable reading for anyone responsible for keeping a manufacturing business running because in a connected factory, a cyber attack can become a production problem very quickly.
Cyber security in manufacturing needs to move well beyond protecting laptops and passwords - because the reality is it's about protecting production.
The core question is the same...
If your systems were compromised tomorrow, how confident are you that production would keep moving?
If the answer isn't completely confident, it is probably time we talked.
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