Employees Are the New Target for Hackers Looking to Steal IP from the Manufacturing Sector

Intellectual property theft in the manufacturing industry is a devastating reality all over the world. With organizations continuing to implement increasingly effective security controls to keep hackers from breaking in, hackers have opted to go after a commonly unprotected vector: the end user. A lack of security awareness and training, in addition to poor identity and access management for employees, can create easy targets for hackers to manipulate.