In manufacturing, a cyberattack doesn't just lock files. It stops the line. We protect the office, engineering and remote-access side of your business that attackers use to reach production, and help defense suppliers get ready for CMMC.
When business systems go down, orders, scheduling and shipping stop with them, and every hour of downtime costs money.
Isolated, tested backups of your business systems so you can restore from a known-good copy.
Learn more about Backup and ransomware recovery →Machine builders and integrators connect to plant equipment through remote tools that are always on, with shared logins nobody reviews.
Zero trust access gives each vendor its own login with MFA, access only to the machines they support, and a log of every session.
Learn more about Zero trust access →Most attacks start with an office or engineering workstation, then look for a way onto the production network.
24/7 detection and response on office and engineering systems, with analysts who can isolate a compromised machine quickly.
Learn more about EDR / MDR →Defense contracts now require CMMC, and more customers put security requirements in their supplier agreements.
Gap assessment against NIST SP 800-171, a remediation plan and the documentation you'll need for assessment.
Learn more about Compliance readiness →Systems near production go unpatched for years because nobody wants to risk an unplanned stop.
Patching planned around your maintenance windows, tested first and coordinated with your team.
Learn more about Vulnerability and patch management →Attackers impersonate suppliers and freight companies to change payment details or deliver malware through shipping notices.
Phishing tests and short training for office, purchasing and plant staff, built around supplier fraud.
Learn more about Security awareness training →Your suppliers and service providers can open a path into your systems, and your customers, especially in defense and automotive, now assess you as their supplier.
We assess the suppliers and vendors that connect to your systems, and prepare you to pass the security reviews your customers send.
Learn more about Third-party risk assessment →Engineers, remote staff and equipment vendors all need some access to the business and the plant. Zero trust replaces always-on remote tools and shared logins with individual, logged, least-privilege access.
Most attacks on manufacturers don’t start on the plant floor. They start with a phishing email to purchasing, a stolen password for a remote access tool, or an unpatched server in the office. From there, attackers look for a path to the systems that keep production running, because downtime is what makes victims pay.
Many plants also rely on outside vendors to support equipment remotely, and on networks where office and production systems aren’t properly separated. Add engineers and managers who work remotely, and the attack surface reaches well beyond the building.
Watch the systems attackers use first. Managed detection and response on every office and engineering workstation and server, monitored 24/7, with analysts who can isolate a compromised machine quickly.
Control remote access, including vendors. Zero trust access gives one controlled path for remote staff and equipment vendors, with individual logins, MFA, least-privilege access and session logs, instead of shared passwords and always-on remote tools.
Separate the office from the plant. We work with your team and integrators on segmenting networks so a problem in the office doesn’t become a problem on the line.
Recover fast. Isolated, tested backups of business systems so you can restore from a known-good copy instead of starting from scratch.
Get ready for CMMC. Gap assessment against NIST SP 800-171, a remediation plan and the documentation you’ll need for assessment. Any security provider that touches systems holding CUI becomes part of your CMMC scope, so we define which environments we support with you up front.
Train the whole workforce. Short, practical training for office and plant staff on fake invoices, supplier impersonation and suspicious links.
Get your free security score for a quick baseline, or book a free cyber risk analysis and we’ll map out where your plant is exposed.
Last reviewed October 11, 2026. General information, not legal advice. Upfortify provides security services and readiness support. We are not an auditor, assessor, certification body or law firm.
24/7 detection and response on office and engineering workstations, where most attacks on manufacturers begin.
Vendors and remote staff reach only the specific systems they support, from verified devices, with every session logged.
Isolated, tested backups of the business systems you need to get production back. CUI environments are scoped separately.
Patching and vulnerability tracking for office and engineering systems, planned around production schedules.
Gap assessment and documentation for NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC, so you're ready when the contract clause arrives.
Phishing tests and training for office, purchasing and plant staff, built around fake supplier invoices and shipping notices.
If you handle federal contract information or controlled unclassified information for the Department of Defense, CMMC requirements have been added to contracts in phases since November 10, 2025, and the next phase, starting around November 2026, brings third-party Level 2 certification into more solicitations. The level depends on the data you handle. Level 2 aligns with the 110 requirements in NIST SP 800-171 and is a self-assessment for some contracts and a C3PAO assessment for others. We help with gap assessments, remediation and documentation. A certified third-party assessor (C3PAO) performs official Level 2 certifications.
Our focus is the IT side that attackers use to reach production: office and engineering systems, identity, email, remote access and backups. We work with your controls engineers and integrators on separating the plant network from the office network and on controlling vendor remote access, but we don't program or maintain machine controls.
Through one controlled path, not a scattering of remote-desktop tools. Each vendor gets its own login with multi-factor authentication, access only to the machines they support, sessions that can be time-limited and approved, and a log of what happened.
Yes. Office and engineering systems are patched on a regular schedule, and anything close to production is planned around your maintenance windows, tested first, and coordinated with your team.
Our analysts work to isolate affected systems quickly to limit the spread, and your incident response plan and isolated backups guide recovery. The goal is to get critical business systems back from clean backups rather than negotiate with attackers.
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