A new report from BDO indicates that 92 percent of manufacturers cited cybersecurity concerns in their SEC disclosures this year. According to BDO, this represents a 44 percent increase compared to the first Manufacturing Risk Factor report in 2013. This report analyzes the 10-K filings of the 100 largest publicly traded US manufacturers.
Other high-ranking risk factors according to the report include federal, state or local regulations, labor concerns, underfunded pensions and increasing competition and consolidation in manufacturing. The full report can be found here.
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(Infographic courtesy of BDO.)