Describe the cybersecurity threats to a manufacturing system.

Description should demonstrate an understanding that

• an action might exploit a vulnerability to breach security and cause potential harm
• threats come from many sources (e.g., insider threats, network threats, physical threats such as fire or floods, threats stemming from software systems or user actions).

Teacher Resource:

• Open Web Application Security Project Links to an external site.

Process/Skill Questions:

• What is considered the most costly cybersecurity threat to manufacturing systems?
• What is the purpose of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)?
• What are the top 10 projects in OWASP? How do these projects benefit the manufacturing systems?
• What does the Cybersecurity Trends Report for the current year list as the top threats?