Report by Rockwell Automation

Operational Resilience in the Age of Connectivity

6 FINDINGSPublished Sep 22, 2026
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Key Findings

90% of industrial organizations are confident in their ability to prevent, contain, or recover from a cyber incident.

Industrial ManufacturingOperational Resilience

62% of industrial organizations have already invested in cybersecurity platforms, and cybersecurity ranks as the second-highest ROI-generating technology investment.

Industrial ManufacturingCybersecurity Platform

More than one-third of industrial organizations see cybersecurity risk as one of the biggest external obstacles to growth.

Industrial Manufacturing

37% of industrial organizations say securing IT/OT architecture will drive positive business outcomes over the next five years.

IT/OT ConvergenceOperational ResilienceIndustrial Manufacturing

45% of industrial organizations plan to apply AI and machine learning to cybersecurity initiatives over the next 12 months.

AIIndustrial ManufacturingMachine Learning

46% of industrial organizations experienced a cyber incident in the past year.

Security IncidentIndustrial Manufacturing