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Solutions · Manufacturing

Uptime on the floor. Security across IT and OT.

Where operational technology meets IT, downtime is measured in lost production. We secure the plant floor and the front office together — segmenting the network, securing the IT foundation your production depends on, and helping you get ready for CMMC in the defense supply chain. Production systems themselves stay with the vendors that manage them — we secure everything around them.

OT/IT expertise NIST SP 800-82 99.9% uptime CMMC ready
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What's at risk in manufacturing

A stopped line is the whole cost.

Manufacturers run older equipment, flat networks, and thin margins on schedule. That combination is exactly what attackers look for, and what a single bad day can break.

#1
Production downtime

Idle equipment is lost revenue

When a system that feeds the line goes down, orders slip, crews stand idle, and the cost runs by the hour. Recovery time, not the ransom, is usually the real bill.

Flat
OT/IT convergence exposure

One network, no walls

Machines, PLCs, and office PCs often share the same flat network. An infection that lands on a laptop can reach the controllers that run production, because nothing separates them.

Top
Ransomware on the line

Manufacturing is a favorite target

Attackers know a plant can't afford to be down, so they aim here. Legacy machines that can't be patched and can't be taken offline make the pressure worse.

2025
CMMC & DFARS requirements

Compliance is now a contract term

If you handle controlled unclassified information for the defense supply chain, CMMC and DFARS clauses decide whether you keep the work. The controls are specific and audited.

What we deliver for manufacturers

Secured and monitored, plant floor to front office.

The same disciplined managed-IT and security foundation we run everywhere, configured for shop-floor realities: legacy gear, uptime pressure, and defense-supply-chain rules.

Proof
“LogicalNet made our expansion painless from a technology standpoint.
RG
R&G Furniture LeadershipR&G Furniture · Central New York
Outcome0 disruptions during expansion; 100% uptime across sites
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Questions

Frequently asked questions.

Can you secure our equipment without taking the line down?

Yes. Much of the work — network segmentation, monitoring, and hardening the IT side, happens around production, not through it. Production systems like PLCs, HMIs, MES, and SCADA stay vendor-managed — we secure the network and IT environment around them, and coordinate with your machine vendors against your maintenance windows so the line keeps running.

Our machines run old, unpatchable operating systems. What can you do?

Legacy equipment is normal on a plant floor. When a machine can't be patched or replaced, we isolate it on its own network segment, tightly control what can talk to it, and monitor that boundary, so an old controller isn't an open door into the rest of the plant.

Can you help us get ready for CMMC?

Yes. We assess where you stand against the required controls, implement the ones you're missing, and maintain the documentation an assessment asks for. If you handle controlled unclassified information for the defense supply chain, we make sure it's stored and handled to the standard your contracts require.

What is OT/IT convergence, and why does it matter here?

OT is the operational technology that runs production — PLCs, HMIs, industrial controllers. IT is your servers, PCs, and email. When they share one flat network, a threat on the IT side can reach the OT side and stop production. We separate the two into zones so a problem on one doesn't become an outage on the other.

Do you come on-site, or is this all remote?

Both. A lot of monitoring and support is handled remotely for speed, but we're a local Capital Region team, when a switch fails in the warehouse or a machine needs hands on it, our engineers come to the floor.

Keep the line moving.

Tell us about your plant. We'll map where OT and IT overlap, where you're exposed, and what it takes to secure the floor without stopping production.