Rockwell Automation
All Statistics
More than half (53%) of respondents from companies with revenues of $30 billion or more identified cybersecurity practices and standards as extremely important skill sets. This compares to 47% of all respondents
61% of cybersecurity and IT professionals intend to adopt AI and machine learning (ML) for security within the next 12 months. This adoption rate outpaces general manufacturing by 12 percentage points.
61% of cybersecurity professionals plan AI adoption as manufacturing faces increasing cyber risks.
Among external risks to manufacturing, cybersecurity is ranked highly at 30%, coming in second only to inflation and economic growth, which stands at 34%.
38% of manufacturers intend to utilise data from current sources to enhance protection, making cybersecurity a leading smart manufacturing use case.
48% of cybersecurity professionals view securing converging IT/OT architecture as crucial for positive outcomes over the next five years.
61% of cybersecurity professionals plan AI adoption as manufacturing faces increasing cyber risks.
95% of manufacturers have invested in, or plan to invest in, AI/ML over the next five years.
49% of manufacturers planning to use AI for cybersecurity in 2025. This is up from 40% in 2024 for using AI for cybersecurity
Manufacturers investing in generative and causal AI increased 12% year-over-year.
Cybersecurity ranks as the second biggest external risk among manufacturers.