Report by Northern.tech
2025 State of Industrial IoT Device Lifecycle Management
Key Findings
Only one-fifth of OEMs are implementing a compliance plan for the EU Cyber Resilience Act. This is also stated as nearly one-fifth of respondents who admit they have no compliance plan regarding cybersecurity regulations.
Under one-quarter of OEMs can deploy a security update within weeks
Security and time-to-market are ranked equally as top business priorities by OEMs.
Over a third of OEMs cite prioritization as the top roadblock to establishing an explicit Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) process.
More than half of OEMs claim to comply or plan to comply with cybersecurity regulations.
Nearly half of product launch delays stem from software issues like bugs, deployment problems, and new security patches, say OEMs.
A fifth of OEMs are unsure of which regulations or standards apply regarding cybersecurity.