Why CSAFI exists

A secure food supply is as vital as clean water and steady power — and today it is under attack.

CSAFI exists so that no food producer faces cyber threats alone. As a nonprofit coalition we unite industry, government and technology partners to defend every link of the chain — from farm gate to dinner table.

The scale of the threat
74%
Food and agriculture organizations reported experiencing a cybersecurity incident within the past year.
$50B+
Global losses linked to food industry cyberattacks since 2021.
3×
Increase in AI-driven cyberattacks targeting food manufacturing and critical food infrastructure.
$4.2M/hr
Average production downtime cost following a cybersecurity incident in food manufacturing operations.
Sources: CISA • Food & Agriculture Sector Coordinating Council • CSAFI Industry Research
This is already happening

In just a few years, the food industry went from “that won’t happen to us” to counting the losses in the headlines.

A plant goes dark.

A ransom gets paid.

A quarter of revenue is gone.

JBS Foods
JBS Foods
Meat processing
May 2021
$11M
ransom paid after plants shut worldwide
Molson Coors
Molson Coors
Beverages
Mar 2021
$140M
in shipments delayed when production froze
Schreiber Foods
Schreiber Foods
Dairy
Oct 2021
$2.5M
ransom demand as plants went offline
KP Snacks
KP Snacks
Snacks
Feb 2022
6 weeks
of supply disruption from Conti ransomware
Maple Leaf Foods
Maple Leaf Foods
Meat & poultry
Nov 2022
Weeks
of outages across its operations
Dole
Dole
Fresh produce
Feb 2023
Halted
North American production for days
Sysco
Sysco
Food distribution
May 2023
126K+
people’s data exposed in one breach
Drawn from public reporting of each incident. Figures are press-reported, not audited.
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About CSAFI

Cybersecurity Association of the Food Industry.

CSAFI is a nonprofit, mission-driven cybersecurity association advancing food industry cybersecurity across the global food ecosystem. We unite food manufacturers, agriculture leaders, government agencies, technology providers, researchers, and policymakers to strengthen cyber resilience through trusted intelligence, practical resources, industry collaboration, and operational guidance that helps protect the global food supply chain from evolving cyber threats.

Our mission

Strengthening Food Industry Cybersecurity Through Collaboration.

We bring together food manufacturers, agriculture, government, technology providers, and cybersecurity experts to share trusted intelligence, practical resources, and proven strategies that help strengthen cyber resilience and protect the global food supply chain from emerging cyber risks.

Our vision

A More Secure and Resilient Global Food Ecosystem.

We envision a future where every organization across the food supply chain has the knowledge, partnerships, and cybersecurity capabilities to operate with confidence, protect critical infrastructure, and keep the world's food systems safe, resilient, and trusted.

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Proof in action

Real stories, straight from our community

Hear from the members, learners and leaders defending the food industry — in their own words, on the wins, the roles secured and the resilience they built with CSAFI.

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CISA — Food & Agriculture Sector Resources

The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s hub for the Food & Agriculture critical-infrastructure sector: advisories, toolkits and the sector risk-management agency guidance.

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

The foundational framework for managing cybersecurity risk — Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover. The common language most food-industry security programmes build on.

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SANS ICS/OT Security Resources

SANS Institute’s library of industrial control-system security whitepapers, posters and the ICS security controls — practical, defender-focused material for OT teams.

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Our partner ecosystem

Trusted cybersecurity experts powering food industry resilience

Across Verticals
AnzenSage
IP Services
Defense.com

What leaders say

Voices shaping food-industry cybersecurity

Perspectives from the leaders, builders and thinkers working to keep the world’s food supply secure.

A ransomware scare on our packaging line could have shut us for a week. The CSAFI incident playbooks meant we contained it in hours, not days.

David Chen

VP Operations, Harvest Grain Co.

Being part of a coalition that actually understands cold-chain and OT risk — not just generic IT — is what keeps us at the table year after year.

Priya Nair

Head of Cyber Resilience, FreshRoute Logistics

A ransomware scare on our packaging line could have shut us for a week. The CSAFI incident playbooks meant we contained it in hours, not days.

David Chen

VP Operations, Harvest Grain Co.

Being part of a coalition that actually understands cold-chain and OT risk — not just generic IT — is what keeps us at the table year after year.

Priya Nair

Head of Cyber Resilience, FreshRoute Logistics

A ransomware scare on our packaging line could have shut us for a week. The CSAFI incident playbooks meant we contained it in hours, not days.

David Chen

VP Operations, Harvest Grain Co.

Being part of a coalition that actually understands cold-chain and OT risk — not just generic IT — is what keeps us at the table year after year.

Priya Nair

Head of Cyber Resilience, FreshRoute Logistics

A ransomware scare on our packaging line could have shut us for a week. The CSAFI incident playbooks meant we contained it in hours, not days.

David Chen

VP Operations, Harvest Grain Co.

Being part of a coalition that actually understands cold-chain and OT risk — not just generic IT — is what keeps us at the table year after year.

Priya Nair

Head of Cyber Resilience, FreshRoute Logistics

A ransomware scare on our packaging line could have shut us for a week. The CSAFI incident playbooks meant we contained it in hours, not days.

David Chen

VP Operations, Harvest Grain Co.

Being part of a coalition that actually understands cold-chain and OT risk — not just generic IT — is what keeps us at the table year after year.

Priya Nair

Head of Cyber Resilience, FreshRoute Logistics

A ransomware scare on our packaging line could have shut us for a week. The CSAFI incident playbooks meant we contained it in hours, not days.

David Chen

VP Operations, Harvest Grain Co.

Being part of a coalition that actually understands cold-chain and OT risk — not just generic IT — is what keeps us at the table year after year.

Priya Nair

Head of Cyber Resilience, FreshRoute Logistics

A ransomware scare on our packaging line could have shut us for a week. The CSAFI incident playbooks meant we contained it in hours, not days.

David Chen

VP Operations, Harvest Grain Co.

Being part of a coalition that actually understands cold-chain and OT risk — not just generic IT — is what keeps us at the table year after year.

Priya Nair

Head of Cyber Resilience, FreshRoute Logistics

A ransomware scare on our packaging line could have shut us for a week. The CSAFI incident playbooks meant we contained it in hours, not days.

David Chen

VP Operations, Harvest Grain Co.

Being part of a coalition that actually understands cold-chain and OT risk — not just generic IT — is what keeps us at the table year after year.

Priya Nair

Head of Cyber Resilience, FreshRoute Logistics

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CSAFI (Cybersecurity Association of the Food Industry) is a global nonprofit dedicated to advancing Food Industry Cybersecurity through collaboration, education, threat intelligence, and industry leadership. We unite organizations across the food ecosystem to strengthen cyber resilience and address evolving cybersecurity challenges.

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