| | | | | | | | Zayo’s Max Clauson highlights his company’s 2026 Cybersecurity Insights Report, sees a strong correlation between increasing connectedness in manufacturing IT and OT and the last few years’ wave of cyberattacks, and answers questions from Smart Industry. |
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| | | | | | There’s a lot to unpack when it comes to cybersecurity in manufacturing—and Smart Industry’s coverage of the topic lately has focused on AI and the heavy data deluge and connectivity required to maximize this technology, opening up industrial IT and OT systems like never before to all kinds of threat actors and groups that want your... |
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| | The 2026 ITAs from Smart Industry and Cisco seek to recognize these organizations for operational excellence in Manufacturing, Transportation, and Utilities. |
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| | The future likely isn’t one or the other, but rather a blend. If there’s good data, AI is replacing human input in certain processes. But people must stay in the loop for their creativity, critical and strategic thinking, and for ethical considerations. |
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| | | | | | Cloud-delivered predictive maintenance allows manufacturers to offload infrastructure management, reduce lifecycle costs, and scale reliability programs faster—freeing teams to focus on uptime, availability, and performance—instead of software maintenance. |
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| | A CMMS is not a magic wand. It is a sophisticated tool that is only as effective as the discipline of the organization using it. |
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| | The most effective industrial intelligence is grounded in physical infrastructure. Most practitioners approach IIoT from either the IT side or the OT side, but true resilience requires fluency in both. |
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| | | | | Jen Szkatulski of Immersive Labs joins the podcast and Smart Industry's Sarah Mattalian to discuss why manufacturing continues to suffer greatly from cyberattacks—and the most ransomware targets—and how companies can protect themselves. |
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| As AI removes many routine cognitive tasks, the human role doesn't disappear—it elevates. People shift their roles toward tasks like defining strategic objectives and constraints and designing systems rather than executing steps. |
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