OT Cybersecurity Solutions for Life Sciences

Critical operations demand critical defense. Get the end-to-end enterprise solutions your facilities demand — because patients are depending on it

  • $10.5 Trillion

    Estimated cost of cybercrimes in 2025.1

  • #1 Target Manufacturing

    Manufacturing continues to be the primary enterprise target for threat actors.2

  • 95% Billion

    of pharmaceutical firms surveyed experienced at least one intrusion in the last year.3

     

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Faces Growing Cybersecurity Threats. Is Your Facility Ready?

Maintaining uptime is critical in order for the treatments and devices you manufacture to reach the patients relying on you. With production controlled by operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS), cyberattacks can lead to disruptions in productivity, compromised employee safety, and loss of sensitive data.

 

Incident Response Planning

A Must-Read: 7 Tips to Improve OT Cybersecurity for Life Sciences

From starting with a governance model that can help key stakeholders buy into OT cybersecurity funding to ”walking a beat” and establishing OT patterns, this white paper provides a succinct overview of must-dos.

Key Resources

  • Bearded IT Technician in Glasses with Laptop Computer and Black Male Engineer Colleague are Using Laptop in Data Center while Working Next to Server Racks. Running Diagnostics or Doing Maintenance Work
    Bearded IT Technician in Glasses with Laptop Computer and Black Male Engineer Colleague are Using Laptop in Data Center while Working Next to Server Racks. Running Diagnostics or Doing Maintenance Work

    5 Surprising Findings from OT Vulnerability Assess

    Prepare to grimace — and then run to your own facilities to check for things like mysterious, dusty hardware, sticky notes with passwords pasted up on machines, and other critical, unforced errors.

  • A focused scientist in a lab coat uses a digital tablet while working in a clean, organized laboratory environment filled with supplies.
    A focused scientist in a lab coat uses a digital tablet while working in a clean, organized laboratory environment filled with supplies.

    Discover the Top 3 Megatrends Driving OT

    OT cybersecurity threats in manufacturing are growing. Review the top 3 trends here and how your organization can take steps to protect vital pharma and medical device manufacturing facilities.

  • An operator in protective gear monitors industrial machinery using a tablet inside a beverage bottling facility.
    An operator in protective gear monitors industrial machinery using a tablet inside a beverage bottling facility.

    Don’t Miss the 2025 Cyber Threat Report

    This report from Honeywell GARD (Global Analysis, Research, and Defense) provides a detailed analysis of USB-borne malware, including emerging trends in detection evasion.

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1 Mehdi Punjwani. Cybersecurity statistics in 2024. USA Today. October 4, 2024. https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/business/vpn/cybersecurity-statistics/

2 MxD [Manufacturing times Digital], (2025, February 13). Top Cyber Threats in Manufacturing [blog post], accessed from the web on February 24, 2025 at
 https://www.mxdusa.org/2025/02/13/top-cyber-threats-in-manufacturing/#:~:text=The%20manufacturing%20sector%20continues%20to,a%20top%20security%20concern%20worldwide.

3 Fortinet. The 2021 State of Pharmaceuticals and Cybersecurity Report.  August 30, 2021. https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/analyst-reports/report-state-of-pharmaceuticals-and-cybersecurity.pdf