$17 BILLION in Manufacturing Downtime: The Hidden Cost of Ransomware

Manufacturing has become ground zero for ransomware attacks, with a staggering $1.9 million lost per DAY of downtime. Since 2018, cybercriminals have successfully targeted 858 manufacturers, causing catastrophic disruptions averaging 11.6 days but sometimes stretching to 129 days of complete operational shutdown.

The twist? While attention focuses on ransom payments, the real devastation comes from production halts that destroy customer relationships and revenue streams. And the problem is accelerating rapidly, 2023 saw attacks nearly double from the previous year, with data theft skyrocketing to 43.9 million stolen records, 40 times higher than 2022.

Calculate your organization's exact cost of downtime per day and communicate this figure to your board. Implement ransomware-specific backup and recovery procedures designed to prioritize production systems above all else.

While most manufacturers still treat cybersecurity as an IT expense, forward-thinking competitors now recognize it as production line insurance because in today's manufacturing reality, your cybersecurity budget is directly tied to your operational reliability.

What would 11 days of complete production shutdown cost your company? Let's talk before you find out the hard way.