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Aleksandr Yampolskiy , Co-founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard . “ Cyberattacks in the last 10 years have gotten much worse , more complex and increasingly have targeted critical infrastructure , thereby undermining the public ’ s trust in the cyber-resilience of our global economy .”
SecurityScorecard provides comprehensive security ratings , automated assessments and guidance from industry experts , providing patented and easy-to-understand A-F graded scorecards for improved communication , effective compliance reporting and more informed decision-making .
According to the World Economic Forum , only 19 % of cyber leaders feel confident that their organisations are cyber-resilient . SecurityScorecard recently joined the World Economic Forum Global Innovators Community , contributing to WEF ’ s Centre for Cybersecurity ’ s initiative to address systemic challenges , improve trust and build cyber-resilience .
Critical manufacturing patching cadence falls amid escalating attack cadence
Cyber incidents affecting critical infrastructure , once comparatively rare , have become far more frequent in recent years as nation-states and their proxies escalate their pursuit of geopolitical objectives . Data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation showed that 14 of the 16 sectors considered critical infrastructure by the US Government experienced at least one ransomware attack in 2021 .
SecurityScorecard assessed these industries to measure their current state of cyber-resilience . It found that critical manufacturing is highly vulnerable based on analysis of all organisations under that category in The Forbes Global 2000 list . SecurityScorecard considers 10 factors when developing an organisation ’ s security rating . Of those 10 , the patching cadence ‘ factor ’ for critical manufacturing experienced a significant drop from 2021 to 2022 , moving from 88 ( B ) to 76 ( C ).
Critical manufacturing experienced a 38 % year-over-year increase in high severity vulnerabilities .
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