Food sector
Beverage
Beverage production combines high-speed bottling, precise recipe and batching systems, and large distribution networks. Integrated SCADA, formula databases, and e-commerce channels expose it to ransomware, recipe theft, and disruption of filling and packaging lines.
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May 28, 2025
Case StudyCase Study: Containing an Attack at a Beverage Plant
How one CSAFI member detected, contained and recovered from a network intrusion without halting production.
By CSAFI Research
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February 24, 2025
ResearchFood Fraud and Cyber-Enabled Adulteration
How tampering with data — not just product — is becoming a food-safety threat, and what controls detect it.
By CSAFI Research
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October 1, 2024
Annual ReportAnnual Member Cybersecurity Benchmark 2024
How CSAFI members measure up on the controls that matter — aggregated, anonymised, and benchmarked.
By CSAFI Research
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How-to guidance and analysis for this sector.
September 22, 2025 · 4 min read
Best PracticesTesting your incident response before you need it
A tabletop exercise is the cheapest way to find the gaps in your plan — long before an attacker does.
By Nick Saharan
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May 20, 2025 · 6 min read
Technical Deep DiveSegmenting IT and OT networks in a food plant
The single control that most often turns a catastrophe into an inconvenience.
By Deon Engelbrecht
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March 17, 2025 · 9 min read
Technical Deep DiveSecuring PLCs and SCADA in food production
The controllers that run mixing, filling and packaging were never built for a hostile network.
By Pankaj Upadhyay
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Case StudiesPublic
FDA Food Defense & Mitigation Strategies
US FDA guidance on food defense under FSMA — mitigation strategies for intentional adulteration, increasingly intertwined with the cyber-physical security of processing lines.
Dairy +2
OpenDairyBeverageRetail Processing & Manufacturing
Technical Deep DivePublic
ENISA Threat Landscape
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity’s annual analysis of the top cyber threats, threat actors and trends — essential context for operators across Europe.
Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others +1
OpenFood-Tech, Ingredients & OthersBeverage