Manufacturing Cybersecurity: Protecting Shop Floor Workers
Manufacturing depends on people who show up, clock in, and work with their hands. These frontline workers run machinery, manage inventory, and keep production lines moving across facilities where downtime costs real money. Yet when enterprise cybersecurity investments get made, shop floor workers are frequently the last to benefit. The authentication tools that protect corporate teams assume workers have smartphones, dedicated desks, and a few minutes to complete a multi-step login. That assumption fails the moment you step onto a production floor.