Items Tagged with 'cyber attacks'

In 2024, the global average cost of a data breach hit $4.88 million, emphasizing the urgent need for cybersecurity in the dairy industry. With ransomware attacks escalating, dairy processors must adopt robust defenses and collaborate to safeguard against evolving threats.

Cybersecurity is a crucial component of maintaining a secure and efficient dairy plant. As hackers become more advanced and technology and artificial intelligence evolve, processors must employ best practices to ensure the security of their operations, data, products, and profits.

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the Food and Agriculture - Information Sharing Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC) announced a new strategic partnership 

The need for sophisticated cybersecurity is becoming an increasingly crucial necessity for dairy processors, particularly since they face the extra challenge of operating in a “living supply chain,” in which attacks to any part of the chain can lead to a food safety crisis, food shortage, animal welfare concerns, and reputational risk.

On May 30, 2021, meat processor giant JBS USA determined that it was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack, which impacted some of the servers supporting its North American and Australian IT systems.