How Adaptive AI Shields Manufacturers from Phishing

The manufacturing industry has long been a target for cybercriminals. While many manufacturers use legacy Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) to block known phishing threats, it isn't enough. Due to the complex business relationships between vendors, suppliers, and even the workforce, cybercriminals often launch sophisticated phishing attacks on their manufacturers, putting sensitive data and supply chain integrity at risk.

To protect against modern phishing threats, manufacturing businesses must adopt advanced email security solutions that leverage adaptive AI to detect and block zero-day attacks before they cause costly downtime or data breaches.

3 Ways Adaptive AI Shields Manufacturers from Phishing Attacks

1. Protecting Manufacturing Networks from Phishing Attacks

Manufacturers rely on interconnected suppliers, vendors, systems, and locations. However, with the increased complexity of the organization and supply chain comes more risk, as advanced phishing attacks try to expose vulnerabilities and bring business to a halt.

Advanced email security solutions with adaptive AI are essential for identifying and blocking these threats before they impact production. These platforms go beyond basic link and attachment scanning to analyze the content and intent of the email to quickly detect potential threats, ensuring that cyber attackers cannot exploit supply chain vulnerabilities. This protection is crucial for maintaining the integrity of interconnected manufacturing operations.

2. Boosting Efficiency with Automated Phishing Response

Whether it's a social engineering attack or a phishing threat with a time-delayed payload, being able to remove menacing phishing emails from your environment quickly ensures that business operations continue to run smoothly.

Modern email security systems use automation and AI to identify and group polymorphic phishing attacks and quarantine every permutation of the attack from your environment. This allows manufacturers with a small IT team to focus on higher-priority tasks, maximize phishing protection, and minimize risks.

3. Minimizing Risk Through Employee Awareness and Ongoing Training

The human element remains one of the biggest risks to email security, especially in industries where it isn't top of mind. To help employees recognize and avoid malicious emails, combine your email security solution with training tools and phishing simulations.  

Manufacturers can strengthen their human defense layer by regularly training employees and running simulations. Over time, these personalized tests and training will develop a security awareness culture within the organization, reducing the risk of successful phishing attempts.

Download the white paper Your SEG Won't Save You for more details on why SEGs fall short in protecting manufacturing operations.