UNDER THREAT
Ed Macnair
UNDER THREAT
According to a report by the EEF , the manufacturer ’ s organisation ( now MakeUK ), the manufacturing industry is the third most targeted by cyber criminals , after the finance sector and government . The report reveals that almost half of manufacturers have been victims of cybercrime at some point , with about a quarter admitting they had sustained financial or other business losses as the result of a cyberattack .
A fear of suffering such losses actually appears to be holding businesses back from adopting more advanced manufacturing technology . While nine in 10 manufacturers are investing in
“UK manufacturers remain on the receiving end of a double whammy : the slowdown in the global economy and Brexit uncertainty ”
— Anna Leach , Deputy Chief Economist , CBI
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Ed Macnair
EXECUTIVE PROFILE Ed Macnair is CEO of Censornet and a cyber security expert with more than 30 years ’ experience in the industry . He was previously founder and CEO of SaaSID , a UK based single sign-on and application security vendor , and CEO of Marshal , a global web and email security company that merged with US web security provider 8e6 Technologies to form M86 Security . Macnair has also held senior positions at MessageLabs , Symantec , IBM and Xerox .
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