University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence
Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute

Understanding and Improving the Cybersecurity Posture of Manufacturers

Developing Tools & Technologies

  • PI: Randy Sandone, University of Illinois
  • Co-PI: Glen Salo, University of Illinois

Project Overview

Digitization and automation have spurred a significant rebound in US manufacturing competitiveness and productivity. However this same digitization has introduced significant cybersecurity challenges ot manufacturers and manufacturing supply chains which are being subject to a risiing number of sophisticated cyber-attacks. This project is developing the tools needed by both small and medium manufacturers and prime contractors to increase the cyber security and resilience of critical manufacturing supply chains.