Why Identity Security Is A Production Asset In Manufacturing
CyberArk, Friday, February 27th, 2026
In manufacturing environments I've worked in, every minute of downtime can translate into missed delivery commitments and revenue you'll never see again. How long that outage lasts will be decided in the first few minutes, when identity ownership and decision authority are still being sorted out. That authority gap is easy to underestimate.
Manufacturing leaders already plan extensively for physical disruption. Fire, power loss, equipment failure, and supply shortages are well-understood risks with playbooks and containment paths. Cyber disruption, however, changes that equation.
The lines between operational technology (OT) environments and IT networks have blurred. Security events are no longer just technical failures-they become coordination problems that hinge on who is authorized to act under pressure. Most organizations have not defined that authority in advance.