Cyberattacks are the new threat creeping onto dairy farms

Dairy farmers know firsthand just how quickly risks can impact their bottom line. Now, a new kind of risk is quietly moving onto farms: cyberattacks. This shift from physical to digital threats has left many farmers wondering where to turn for protection.

At this year’s MILK Business Conference, Andrew Rose, ag futurist with the Bioeconomy Information Sharing and Analysis Center (BIO-ISAC,) walked producers through what that evolving threat landscape looks like. He’s spent the past decade focused on protecting agriculture from cybercriminals, first as a volunteer, now as a specialist.

“Everything is a battlefield — cybersecurity, intrusions, misinformation campaigns, corporate espionage — this is white hot right now, whether it’s a foreign adversary wanting to acquire our assets or domestic going after another domestic one,” Rose says. “This is something that is not getting the attention I think it really deserves, but something to keep in the back of your mind.”

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