Cyber risk for manufacturers

A day of stopped production costs more than any ransom demand.

Manufacturing is targeted because downtime is unusually expensive and unusually visible. When the line stops, the pressure to pay is immediate — and attackers price their demands against your daily output, not your IT budget.

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What actually goes wrong

Three ways manufacturers get hit.

Production downtime as leverage

Ransomware operators know a stopped line costs more per day than the demand. Recovery time, not data loss, is what they are selling back to you.

Operational technology on the flat network

Machine controllers and monitoring systems sharing a network with office IT, often running software that cannot be patched without vendor sign-off.

Remote vendor access

Equipment suppliers holding standing remote access for diagnostics, frequently through tools left exposed to the internet.

What we check first

The three that matter most for manufacturers.

Your score covers all six checks. These are the ones that most often explain a low score in your industry.

Exposed services

Open ports and remote access visible from the internet.

Forgotten systems

Subdomains and old hosts still attached to your domain.

Email spoofing

Whether someone can send email that looks like you.

Where you stand

The obligations that apply to you.

Operators of critical infrastructure assets carry obligations under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act, which reaches further into manufacturing than most operators expect.

General information only, not legal advice. CertIQ scores your operational posture — it does not assess your compliance.

Per day

How ransomware crews price a stopped production line

See where you actually stand.

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