Cybersecurity for Manufacturing
Manufacturers are increasingly targeted through the gap between corporate IT and operational technology on the plant floor. We help manufacturers secure industrial control systems, protect intellectual property, and build resilience against ransomware-driven downtime. Supply chain compromise is a particular concern in this sector: roughly 15% of organizations across industries cite a supply chain compromise as their breach source, and manufacturers often carry deep, multi-tier supplier networks with uneven security maturity.
Common challenges
- Securing the boundary between IT networks and OT/ICS systems
- Protecting intellectual property and product designs
- Minimizing ransomware-driven production downtime
- Managing risk across a global supplier and vendor network
Frameworks we align to
Frequently asked questions
Do you test operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems?
We assess the boundary and segmentation between IT and OT networks and review OT-adjacent systems, but testing directly against live production control systems is scoped carefully given safety implications; we typically test against representative or non-production environments where available.
How do you help manage risk across our supplier network?
We help build a tiered vendor risk assessment process based on each supplier's access level and criticality, so review effort is concentrated on the relationships that carry the most actual risk rather than treating every vendor identically.
What's the biggest driver of ransomware-related downtime in manufacturing?
Insufficient segmentation between IT and OT networks is the most common factor we see: a ransomware infection that starts on the corporate network shouldn't be able to reach production systems, but in practice that boundary is often weaker than assumed.
Let's talk about manufacturing security.
We'll walk you through how our approach maps to your environment and compliance obligations.