Manufacturing
Ransomware and OT outages can halt a production line – even an entire company – for months. The daily cost of downtime and incident management in large plants averages USD 1.9 million. With deep specialisation in securing manufacturing organisations, we help you enhance protection levels in line with the latest standards and regulations (e.g. NIS2, UoKSC, IEC standards).
Our industrial clients produce goods worth hundreds of millions złoty annually, where maintaining continuity is fundamental to operations.
Use cases
- Security audit – assess the security status of the production environment (factual report with prioritised recommendations
- Control system protection (ICS/SCADA) – OT network segmentation, firewalls with industrial protocol functionality
- IT/OT/IoT monitoring – monitoring typical for manufacturing, from anomaly detection to sensor communications
- Incident response for factories – restore production, post-incident analysis, evidence preservation and prevention measures
- Ransomware hardening – strengthen the production environment, increase separation and reduce ransomware attack vectors
- Awareness raising – help plant staff understand their critical role in organisational security
If your industrial sector organisation needs a security posture review or expert support
How we help manufacturing
Why is manufacturing targeted?
Cybercriminals target factories for several reasons. They know downtime costs in manufacturing are substantial. They understand reputation is a major asset, along with the importance of intellectual property and its protection on the shop floor.
Production environments also include components such as device controllers that aren't updated as frequently as IT infrastructure. As a result, industrial environments may be more exposed to cyber threats, making them easier targets than typical service sector IT.
Most common industrial threats
Several attack vectors are particularly prevalent:
- Ransomware – data encrypted by criminals with ransom demanded for restoration (often preceded by data theft and extortion)
- Supply chain sabotage – criminals compromise suppliers to exploit trusted relationships and more easily attack the target manufacturer
- Unauthorised remote servicing – VPN accounts or other remote access are poorly secured and exploited for attacks
Did you know manufacturing was the most frequently attacked sector according to the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2024?
How we help the manufacturing industry
- We assess overall security posture with proprietary audits
- We identify vulnerabilities with penetration tests extended to OT/ICS
- We demonstrate how to segment IT/OT/IoT networks to reduce lateral movement
- We support incident response in line with industry standards and regulatory requirements
- We provide help with compliance tasks to reduce formal risk
- We help prepare reports to meet client or regulatory requirements and avoid contractual or regulatory penalties
- We build Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)
- We develop security management procedures
- We create documentation to formalise processes that increase security
- We deliver support to preserve business and production continuity
Manufacturing: chemicals, food, critical goods: computers/electronics, electrical machinery/equipment, automotive and other transport equipment