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honeywell-cybersecurity-research-reveals-usb-devices-pose-a-significant-threat-to-industrial-facilities
honeywell-cybersecurity-research-reveals-usb-devices-pose-a-significant-threat-to-industrial-facilities

Honeywell cybersecurity research reveals USB devices pose a significant threat to industrial facilities

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New, first-of-its-kind research released on Thursday by Honeywell shows that removable USB media devices such as flash drives pose a significant and intentional cybersecurity threat to a wide array of industrial process control networks.

Data derived from Honeywell technology used to scan and control USB devices at 50 customer locations showed that nearly half (44%) detected and blocked at least one file with a security issue.

It also revealed that 26% of the detected threats were capable of significant disruption by causing operators to lose visibility or control of their operations.

The threats targeted a wide variety of industrial sites, including refineries, chemical plants and pulp-and-paper manufacturers around the world, and the threats themselves ranged in severity.

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