Industrial Cyber Threats in the Food and Beverage Industry: Trends and Analysis

• The current threat landscape in the food and beverage industry: What threats are targeting food and beverage companies? What are the potential impacts? How can a food and beverage organization assess the “crown jewels” of its operation?
• Protecting against ransomware: In 2021, ransomware was the number-one cause of compromise in the industrial sector, with manufacturing and food and beverage experiencing the highest volume of ransomware incidents. Several high-profile ransomware incidents victimized Global 2000 food and beverage companies, resulting in extended operational disruption and remediation costs.
• Managing external connections: 100% of the food and beverage architectures that Dragos evaluated in 2021 had an external connection to Operational Technology (OT) from vendors, Information Technology (IT) networks, or the internet. 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the threats targeting food and beverage companies and the potential impacts of those threats
• Steps that food and beverage processors can take to improve their cyber defense and lower their cyber risk
• How to manage external connections to OT/IT networks and the internet