With the advent of IT and the rise of Industry 4.0, businesses are facing new challenges connected to cybersecurity and data protection. This is especially valid for production SMEs which often don’t have the internal resources and capacity to effectively evaluate cybersecurity risks corresponding with newly implemented Industry 4.0-based technologies. At the same time, SMEs are more often becoming victims of various cybercrimes. According to the latest Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (Verizon, 2021), SMEs are victims of and are much more vulnerable to cyber-attacks compared to big enterprises as they lack resources, people, information, and general capacity to avert the risks of a cyberattack.
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Cybersecurity – The New Challenge in the Industry 4.0 Context!