Top Industrial Manufacturing Trends for 2025: Gartner Report
Strengthen Your Industrial Operations with Zero Trust Security
As cyber threats evolve, industrial manufacturers face unprecedented challenges to protect their systems, assets, and data. With ransomware ranking manufacturing as the most-attacked industry for three years running, Zero Trust (ZT) is not just a concept—it is a necessity. This Gartner report reveals how embracing Zero Trust principles and other key security trends can safeguard operations, enhance productivity, and manage risk.
This report is an essential resource for CIOs and IT leaders looking to navigate the complexities of cybersecurity in manufacturing environments, where legacy systems, ultralow-latency processes, and interconnected devices demand novel approaches to protection.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why manufacturing environments face unique security challenges, including legacy systems, shared passwords, and implicit trust zones—and actionable strategies to address them.
- How ransomware and phishing attacks are driving the need for proactive segmentation, encryption, and other security adaptations in modern industrial facilities.
- How Zero Trust Security reshapes the cybersecurity paradigm with continuously assessed trust-based systems, reducing vulnerabilities in production environments.
- The latest government mandates and vendor innovations shaping Zero Trust adoption in complex cyber-physical systems (CPS).
- The critical role of IT and manufacturing teams collaborating to customize Zero Trust principles for round-the-clock, shift-based production lines with minimal operational disruption.
Stay ahead of industry cyber risks and future-proof your security strategy today
Gartner, Top Industrial Manufacturing Trends for 2025, Alexander Hoeppe, Lillian Oyen-Ustad, Marc Halpern, Sudip Pattanayak, Kristian Steenstrup, Katell Thielemann, 6 January 2025
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