Security News > 2021 > March > Manufacturing’s Cloud Migration Opens Door to Major Cyber-Risk

Manufacturing is particularly vulnerable to attacks through these apps, with 70 percent of applications having at least one serious vulnerability open over the previous 12 months, researchers found.

That's according to a report from app-security firm WhiteHat Security, "AppSec Stats Flash Volume 3," which outlines how the increased prevalence of applications that are exposed to the internet through web, mobile and API-based interfaces has increased the attack surface and thus the security risk for organizations and their supply chains across the board.

Cloud applications are currently driving the global economy, especially in a post-pandemic world in which business is increasingly done over the internet.

More web-based applications and data in the cloud also means a higher risk of data breaches: Applications are increasingly polymorphic, with access through web, mobile and API-based interfaces.

The manufacturing sector seems particularly susceptible to being attacked by vulnerabilities in web-facing applications likely because it was "Traditionally never internet-connected as an industry," then had to rapidly transition legacy systems and software to keep up, Kulkarni told Threatpost.

Another factor putting manufacturing at greater risk is that supply chains are now increasingly software-driven, which means business partners are now having to open up otherwise internal applications to integrate with supply-chain partners.

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https://threatpost.com/manufacturing-cloud-migration-cyber-risk/165028/