Rockwell study shows cybersecurity risk ranks among top growth hurdles for over a third of manufacturers

• Rockwell Automation published an industry report on operational resilience, citing rising cyber risk from connectivity, AI adoption, IT/OT convergence.
• More than one-third of industrial manufacturers rank cybersecurity risk among the biggest external constraints on growth.
• Survey found 46% suffered a cyber incident in the past year, while 90% still expect to prevent, contain, or recover.
• Investment remains elevated: 62% have deployed cybersecurity platforms; 45% plan AI or machine learning use in the next 12 months.
• IT/OT integration points were identified as a top incident exposure; 37% expect securing IT/OT architecture to lift results within five years.

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