Security News > 2021 > July > Top 5 things to know about cyber-physical attacks

If you're the kind of person who was paying attention to ransomware years ago and want to make sure you're prepared for the next kind of attack before it hits, pay attention to Gartner's latest report.
Here are five things to know about cyber-physical attacks.
If your plant goes awry or your service goes down because of a physical attack, your customers lose confidence.
Cyber-physical attacks may be vandalism meant to simply hurt the bottom line.
Gartner estimates the financial impacts of cyber-physical attacks could reach $50 billion by 2023.
These attacks are coming, and the way to prove Gartner wrong-at least for your sector-is to prepare now.