Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Companies
Protect uptime, safeguard IP, and align OT/IT – without disrupting shift schedules
What keeps manufacturing leaders up at night
- Ransomware and IP theft disrupting production and supply commitments
- Legacy Windows, PLC/HMI, SCADA, and historian systems with limited patch windows
- OT/IT convergence without clear ownership, segmentation, or change control
- Customer and regulator audits (CMMC/800-171, ISO 27001) with evidence gaps
- Multi-site sprawl, vendor access, and remote plants with thin support
Outcomes TorchLight delivers
- Forecastable uptime with maintenance windows matched to shift schedules
- OT network segmentation (Purdue model), least-privilege access, and vendor controls
- Manufacturing cybersecurity must-haves: EDR on IT endpoints plus feasible security controls for OT assets
- Compliance-ready policies, risk assessments, and evidence packs for audits
- Single-point vendor coordination across MES/ERP, OEMs, and plant systems
Why choose TorchLight’s IT and Cybersecurity for Manufacturing?
Because you need a partner that understands plant floor realities, coordinates vendors without drama, and reports to leadership and auditors with clarity. We deliver trust, security, and stability – so your teams can deliver on-time, every time.
Secure, Stable IT for Manufacturing
Friendly service desk support, endpoint security, patching, backups, and cloud productivity are the basics. We implement them consistently so your business stays secure and operational, without slowing your team down.
Endpoint Detection and Response
Lightweight protection that monitors in real time, quarantines threats, and auto-remediates – without interrupting your day.
Vulnerability Management and Patching
Automated OS and app updates happen after hours to reduce disruption and close security gaps quickly.
Reliance Backups
Disaster-recovery-ready backups for workstations, servers, and cloud data – including M365 email and SharePoint.
Microsoft 365 Support
Simplified administration for email, identities, SharePoint, and Azure AD – managed in one pane of glass by our team.
24x7x365 Security Monitoring
We watch your business 24×7 and protect you in real time from threat actors.
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
ITDR protects your business by monitoring and responding to suspicious account activity to keep user identities and data secure.
Compliance & Resilience – What’s Included
Audit readiness: policies, risk assessments, SSP/POA&M packages and evidence aligned to ISO 27001 and NIST SP 800-171/CMMC (as applicable).
Operational resilience: patch and change windows built around shifts and planned outages; test plans for MES/ERP and plant systems.
Vendor oversight: coordinated escalation with MES/ERP, OEMs, and integrators; due-diligence evidence for customer audits.
Cyber-insurance support: control implementation plans and attestations to stabilize renewals.
Leadership visibility: QBRs and scorecards translating IT/OT risk to business impact and next actions.
Identity & access controls: MFA, SSO, conditional access, least privilege, and privileged account vaulting with approvals and logging.
Endpoint & server protection: managed AV/EDR, patching, and configuration baselines with 24/7 response.
Backups & recovery: Reliance Backups for endpoints, servers, and M365 with tested restores and reporting.
Secure collaboration: hardened M365 tenants, secure file sharing with suppliers, and mobile device management.
Incident response: named handlers, rapid containment, forensic coordination, and post-incident reporting.
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