Secure Industrial Operations

OT/IT Security for Manufacturing

Bridge the gap between operational technology and IT security with BOSSS unified manufacturing security platform.

Platform Capabilities for Manufacturing

IEC 62443

OT Security

NIST CSF

Framework Support

CMMC

Defense Ready

OT/IT

Unified View

Manufacturing Security Challenges

We understand the unique security challenges facing manufacturing organizations.

OT/IT Security Convergence

Unify security across operational and information technology environments.

Supply Chain Risk

Assess and monitor third-party and supply chain security risks.

Industrial Control Systems

Secure PLCs, SCADA systems, and industrial IoT devices.

Regulatory Compliance

Meet industry-specific regulations and customer security requirements.

How BOSSS Solves It

Purpose-built solutions for manufacturing security and compliance.

OT/IT Unified Monitoring

Single pane of glass for IT and OT security

Supply Chain Risk Assessment

Vendor security scoring and continuous monitoring

ICS Security Controls

Industrial control system protection and monitoring

Asset Discovery

Automated discovery of IT and OT assets

Incident Response for OT

Manufacturing-specific incident playbooks

Compliance Management

NIST CSF, IEC 62443, and customer requirements

Scenario Walkthrough

Five situations a manufacturer actually faces, on the plant floor and inside the CUI enclave.

~1,200 employees
3 plants + engineering campus
DoD prime contract, CUI enclave
Cedarbrook Tool & Die acquisition

Godwit Precision Industries — a composite organization in the BOSSS demo environment

The situation

Ransomware Halts Production

The MES encrypts, and the CNC cells stop for want of work instructions

A phishing email impersonating vendor support compromises a corporate workstation. Credentials are dumped, and the attacker pivots from IT into OT — there is no segmentation at Purdue Level 3 to stop it. Ransomware encrypts the Wrenfield MES and the process historian at the Rochester plant. The CNC cell fleet goes offline because it has no work instructions to run.

Who is involved

  • Desmond Achebe — Chief Information Security Officer
  • Yolanda Prieto — Chief Operating Officer
  • Roland Deschene — Plant Manager, Rochester
  • Kirsten Rovang — OT Security Engineer, IT/OT liaison

Scenario timing

  • Day 0Vendor-support phish on a corporate workstation
  • Day 1Credential dump, pivot into OT
  • Day 2MES and historian encrypted
  • Same dayRochester CNC cells offline
NIST CSF 2.0IEC 62443NIST 800-171

How BOSSS handles it

  1. XDR

    Lateral movement into the OT engineering workstation is detected

    Lateral movement onto Rochester OT engineering workstation

  2. XDR

    Mass encryption of the production systems raises the flagship alert

    Ransomware mass-encryption of Wrenfield MES and process historian

  3. XDR

    Production impact is detected as its own signal, not inferred later

    Rochester CNC cell fleet offline — no work instructions

  4. XDR

    Escalated to a full investigation case

    Ransomware Halts Production — Rochester

  5. GRC

    Formal incident record covering the encrypted production estate

    Ransomware Encryption of the Wrenfield MES & Process Historian

  6. GRC

    The architectural cause is recorded as its own finding

    No IT/OT Segmentation at L3 Permitted the Ransomware Pivot

What this makes possible

  • Production stoppage and security detection are the same record, so the plant manager and the CISO are reading one timeline rather than arguing about two.
  • The finding names the architecture that allowed the pivot, which is what turns an incident into a segmentation programme instead of a cleanup.

What it touches

Entities

  • Godwit Machining — Rochester

    Commercial plantRochester, MN

  • Godwit Precision Industries

    Corporate ITKellerton, MN

Locations

  • Godwit Machining Plant — Rochester

    Manufacturing facility · production haltedRochester, MN

  • Godwit HQ & Engineering Campus

    Headquarters · initial compromiseKellerton, MN

  • Godwit DR / Colocation Facility

    Disaster Recovery SiteSt. Cloud, MN

Applications

  • Wrenfield MES Production Instance

    EncryptedRochester, MN

  • Process historian

    EncryptedRochester, MN

  • Corporate Workstation — Supply Chain

    Initial compromiseKellerton, MN

  • Backup Server — DR Colocation

    Restore sourceSt. Cloud, MN

Vendors

  • Wrenfield Manufacturing Systems

    MES platformMilwaukee, WI

  • Marlstone Endpoint Security

    Endpoint detectionBoulder, CO

  • Halbrook Security Analytics

    SIEMBethesda, MD

  • Kettleridge Automation

    Robotics and controlsCleveland, OH

Data

  • Work Instruction (Traveler)

    ~118,000 travelers/yearRochester, MN

  • Production Order

    ~34,000 orders/yearRochester, MN

  • Process Historian Tag Timeseries

    ~9,400 tags at ~1 HzRochester, MN

  • Material Traceability Record

    ~2.4M lot/serial recordsRochester, MN

Why BOSSS

Why BOSSS for Manufacturing

Unified visibility across IT and OT environments with industrial-grade security controls.

Key Benefits:

  • OT/IT unified security monitoring
  • ICS asset discovery
  • Supply chain risk management

Supported Compliance Frameworks

NIST CSFIEC 62443ISO 27001CMMCCustomer Requirements

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