Nearly 80 Percent Of Industry In Indonesia Has Experienced Cyber Attacks In The Last Year

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JAKARTA - Palo Alto Networks, global cybersecurity leader, recently published a State of OT Security report: A Comprehensive Guide to Trend, Risk, and Cyber Resilience.

In this report involving 1,979 operational technology (OT) and IT business leaders worldwide, it was revealed that 76.5 percent of respondents from Indonesia stated that their organization had experienced cyber attacks in the OT environment in the past year.

In addition, the frequency of this attack is also quite worrying, of which 38.5 percent of Indonesian respondents admit that their organization usually experiences attacks every month, and 30.8 percent of them are forced to stop their industrial operations because they were successfully attacked.

According to the Country Manager of Indonesia in Palo Alto Networks, Adi Rusli, these attacks can have a significant financial impact and cause the company's operations to stop if the company is not ready to face complex cyber attacks.

This dangerous situation then prompted industry players to increase their focus on OT environmental security, where 70.6 percent of OT and IT leaders in Indonesia consider this a top priority.

However, this report sees that there are nearly 40 percent of organizations that don't even plan to make changes to their OT security budget.

"The surge in attacks targeting industry operators further emphasizes the importance of proactive measures to reduce risk and ensure the resilience of our industrial systems," Adi added.

One of the proactive steps in reducing this risk is the application of the Zero Trust approach to OT security, where 47.6 percent of respondents from industry agree this approach as the right strategy.

In addition, Adi also said that the approach supported by AI and the integrated security system in all ecosystems is at the forefront of security efforts.

"So it offers superior ability to analyze and identify threat patterns that may occur quickly, even before attacks occur," he concluded.