For many people, the economy they see is IT, finance, and retail. But at the end of the day, we all need “stuff”….and “stuff” has to be manufactured. The American way of life has been made possible by the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century and further augmented by the application of computer technology to manufacturing in the past fifty years….and more recently AI.
Vistage speaker and IT Security Expert Mike Foster warns that “this surge in AI adoption produces an often-overlooked danger that all organizations with industrial controls must consider. The computer systems hosting your AI and traditional solutions can become obsolete faster than the devices they control.“
Check out his recent blog post “An Executive’s Handbook to Securing Modern Manufacturing Networks and Robots, AI or Not. “ in which he outlines “the Shocking Reality” manufacturing executives may be ignoring.
