Jerry Murphy

Jerry Murphy, CPA, CMA, CGMA, is partner-in-charge of Sikich’s manufacturing and distribution services team.

Articles by Jerry Murphy

• Report: Manufacturers and distributors neglect key cybersecurity activities

  Friday, July 24, 2020

  Less than 40% of respondents in Sikich’s 2020 Manufacturing and Distribution Report said they perform important data breach prevention activities, such as penetration testing, phishing exercises on employees and assessments of vendors’ data security efforts. However, manufacturers and distributors remain vulnerable to breaches. Nearly half of respondents said their companies experienced cyberattacks during the past 12 months.