By Wageningen
Explore how cybersecurity has become a critical pillar of food safety in digitally connected food systems, shaping resilience, trust, and regulatory compliance
Digital technologies are transforming food safety monitoring, traceability, and risk management.
This sector report examines how growing cyber risks directly affect food integrity, supply continuity, and public trust across the food chain.
Key highlights
- Digitalisation and Cyber Risk: Explains how Industry 4.0 technologies strengthen food safety while expanding exposure to cyber threats.
- Food Safety Impacts: Shows how cyber incidents can disrupt monitoring, compromise data integrity, and undermine regulatory compliance.
- Evolving Threat Landscape: Analyses ransomware, supply-chain attacks, IoT manipulation, and emerging cyber-biosecurity risks.
- Standards and Regulation: Reviews relevant cybersecurity and food safety frameworks, including NIS2 and international standards.
- Pathways to Cyber-Resilient Food Systems: Identifies technical, organisational, and governance measures to integrate cybersecurity into food safety practice.
