Manufacturing · Operational resilience · Ransomware
When the line goes down, the bill is measured in shifts: not tickets.
Manufacturers are a top ransomware target because the cost of downtime is brutal and predictable. We deliver a security program built around the things that actually keep production running: endpoint and server visibility, segmentation between IT and OT, fast vulnerability remediation, and a rehearsed incident response plan.
Free · ~10 minutes · No email required to see your score.
The threat picture
Ransomware, IT-to-OT pivot, and supplier-driven requirements.
Three threat patterns dominate manufacturing engagements: ransomware that halts production, attackers pivoting from corporate IT into shop-floor systems through flat networks, and a steady stream of supplier and customer security questionnaires that require real evidence: not promises.
Our managed services are built for that picture: continuous endpoint and server monitoring, vulnerability management against the systems that matter, and segmentation that keeps an office laptop infection from reaching the PLC network.
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24/7 SOC
Endpoint, server, identity, and network telemetry monitored continuously by US-based analysts.
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EDR + active response
Endpoint and server isolation under your authorization rules, contain a host before it spreads.
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Vulnerability management
Continuous credentialed scanning, prioritization by exploitability, patching workflow with your IT team.
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Network segmentation
Design and enforce IT/OT separation, vendor access controls, and east-west firewalling.
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Identity hardening
Conditional Access, MFA, and PIM across Microsoft 365 and Azure to shut down phishing and BEC.
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Backup posture review
Immutable backups and ransomware-resilient architecture so recovery is hours, not weeks.
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Incident response
24/7 IR retainer with rehearsed runbooks, evidence preservation, and customer/insurer notifications.
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Supplier & customer security
Evidence packages for supplier questionnaires, cyber insurance, and, where relevant, CMMC for DoW work.
Operational resilience
Designed around the cost of a stopped line.
Manufacturing security is a business-continuity discipline first. Every control we recommend is justified against one question: does this reduce the chance, or the duration, of an outage that costs you a day of production?
Prevent
Identity hardening, patching, segmentation, and email controls that close the doors attackers actually use.
Detect
EDR + SIEM with 24/7 analyst review. Hands-on investigation, not just an alert pile.
Recover
Immutable backups, IR retainer, and tabletop exercises so the first time you run the playbook isn’t during an incident.
Free self-assessment
Where does your plant actually stand on OT/IT, IP, supply chain, and IR?
Twenty questions across five domains, mapped to NIST CSF, NIST 800-82r3, and IEC 62443. Scored locally in your browser. Roughly ten minutes.
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Do you touch the OT/PLC network directly?
We focus on the IT side of the boundary, endpoints, servers, identity, network, and the firewalls that separate IT from OT. We work with your controls integrator or OT vendor on the shop-floor side. The most common ransomware path into manufacturing is corporate IT pivoting into a flat OT network, and that’s the path we shut down.
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How do you handle vulnerability management for legacy machines?
Realistically. Some HMIs and engineering workstations can’t be patched on a normal cadence. We document the exception, compensate with segmentation and tighter monitoring, and patch on the maintenance windows that production allows. The goal is honest risk management, not a clean dashboard built on lies.
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Can you help respond to supplier and customer security questionnaires?
Yes. We produce evidence packages tied to the controls we operate, SOC coverage, EDR, vulnerability management, MFA, backups, IR plan, mapped to the frameworks customers ask about (NIST CSF, CIS, ISO 27001, and CMMC for DoW-adjacent work). You stop guessing your way through questionnaires.
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What happens if we get hit with ransomware tonight?
Customers on an IR retainer get a 1-hour engagement SLA. We isolate affected hosts via EDR, preserve evidence, coordinate with your insurer’s incident counsel, and run the recovery against your backup posture: in parallel, not in sequence. Without a retainer, we still respond, but the first hours of a ransomware event are exactly when you don’t want to be onboarding a vendor.
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We make parts for a defense prime: do you cover CMMC?
Yes. CMMC 2.0 readiness is a service we offer when it applies: see ourDoW Contractors page. For most manufacturers, CMMC is one driver among many; we keep the security program coherent rather than letting one framework dominate everything else.
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