Event Venue and Description: Webinar

The pandemic of 2020 has accelerated digitalisation and caused a huge shift in the way we work. As remote working and IoT connectivity continues to evolve, so does the level of protection involved.

As we open up systems to remote workers we also open them up to increased security concerns. Internet traffic has increased by 30-50% but so have malicious attacks and in the first half of 2020, 81 global firms from 81 countries reported data breaches alone. Most companies think that by careful planning, updating their OS regularly and training employees on the dangers of social engineering will suffice – it won’t. In fact, 80% of firms have seen an increase in cyber-attacks this year and phishing attacks have seen a dramatic increase of 600% since the end of February 2020.

Many manufacturers do not have the luxury of a large IT team and much of the deployment of new technology is completed with a limited budget. This University of Sheffield AMRC and IBM webinar will show manufacturers some of the common IT vulnerabilities that you will be exposed to and detail how to plan and counter these.

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