Cyber Security Assesment - OT Security - Manufacturing CIOs

Manufacturing is the #1 cyberattack target. Do you know your exposure?

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For the fourth consecutive year, manufacturing accounts for 34.7% of all documented cyberattacks. The most common entry point is the IT/OT boundary - the gap standard security tools cannot reach. The CSAT maps your full exposure in 10 days, at no cost.

Full OT attack surface mappingSequenced, prioritised roadmap

Board-ready risk register

Delivered in 10 daysOn-premise, hybrid & cloud

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Intwo's CSAT bench marks your security posture against CIS Controls v8, maps your OT attack surface, and delivers a board-ready remediation roadmap in 10 days.

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Customers Worldwide

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Global Offices

THE THREAT LANDSCAPE

The attack is rarely sophisticated. The entry point is almost always the same.

The IT/OT boundary - legacy SCADA systems, shared operator credentials, and converged networks never designed with a security perimeter - is the most exploited gap in manufacturing environments. Standard security tools cannot reach it.

31%

of manufacturing incidents involve ransomware that halts production lines

Ransomware gang shave targeted the manufacturing sector for four consecutive years. When production lines stop, the financial damage begins immediately - $3.2 million of the average $8.7 million breach cost comes from downtime alone.

8 days

average time a mid-market manufacturer takes to detect an intrusion

Adversaries dwell inside manufacturing networks for an average of eight days before detection. During that window, they move laterally from the IT environment to OT systems - reaching production equipment before security teams know anything is wrong.

97%

recovery achieved with mature, well-tested backups without paying ransom

Organizations with well-tested and reliable backup processes are significantly more likely to recover data without paying ransom. However, recovery success depends on the integrity, isolation, and regular testing of those backups - which the CSAT assesses explicitly.

WHAT THE CSAT DELIVERS

Three outputs. Every one board-ready.

The Cybersecurity Assessment covers on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments. It goes where standard security tooling cannot - including the OT layer that is most often the breach entry point.

CIS Controls v8 Benchmark

Your full security posture scored against CIS Controls v8 - the industry-standard framework for cybersecurity governance. Covers IT, OT, and cloud. No assumptions. No sampling. A complete picture.

Full security posture score per CIS Controls v8 domain
OT/SCADA attack surface mapped - including unpatched assets
Network segmentation and perimeter assessment
Identity and access management review
Backup and recovery programme validation

Board - Ready Risk Register

A prioritised register of every identified risk - with severity, likelihood, business impact, and recommended remediation. Written for board consumption, not just the IT team.

Risk register with severity, likelihood, and business impact per finding
Prioritised remediation roadmap - critical, high, medium, low
Board-level executive summary (non-technical)
Evidence of proactive governance for regulatory scrutiny
Get-to-green timeline per risk category

NIS2 & DORA Gap Analysis for Europe

A specific assessment of your compliance posture against NIS2 and DORA requirements - the regulations under which board members are now personally liable for breaches. Not a generic checklist - a gap analysis specific to your operating environment.

NIS2 compliance gap analysis per the article requirement
DORA operational resilience assessment (where applicable)
Audit - ready evidence package for regulatory review
Incident response plan gap assessment
Mandatory reporting readiness evaluation

THE OT GAP

The breach entry point your current tooling cannot see.

Legacy SCADA systems, industrial control platforms, and historian databases exist in a layer below standard IT security tooling. They cannot be patched the same way. Credentials are shared for production speed. And in a converged network, a breach that starts in the IT layer can reach the OT environment before detection triggers.

Under NIS2, ignorance is not a defence.

Board members of operators of essential services - which include most mid-market manufacturers - are nowpersonally liable for cybersecurity breaches. The CSAT gives boards the documented evidence of proactivegovernance that NIS2 requires.

"What is unique about Intwo is the combination of Microsoft Dynamics ERP expertise and Azure Cloud infrastructure. This was the golden combination our previous provider could not offer."

- Hetty Braam, CIO · RGF Staffing

AI CSAT Review · Manufacturing CIO Assessment

Predictive Maintenance Use Case - Readiness Status

✓OT Posture: 28Ready

✓IT Posture: 54Ready

✓Cloud Posture: 81Ready

Critical & High Findings

CRITICAL - SCADA subnet - no Defender for Cloud coverage. 3 production lines exposed.

CRITICAL - Shared operator credentials across shift teams - no MFA enforced in OT zone.

CRITICAL - IT/OT network not segmented - lateral movement path confirmed to PLC layer.

HIGH - Historian server - Windows Server 2012 R2 (EOL). No patch path available.

HIGH - NIS2 Article 21 - incident response plan not documented or tested.

MEDIUM - Backup recovery - tested 14 months ago. RTO not validated against the current config.

Board Risk Register - 24-page reportready

Prioritised remediation roadmap - NIS2 gap analysis - Get-to-green timeline - Executive summary included

THE OT GAP

The breach entry point your current tooling cannot see.

Legacy SCADA systems, industrial control platforms, and historian databases exist in a layer below standard IT security tooling. They cannot be patched the same way. Credentials are shared for production speed. And in a converged network, a breach that starts in the IT layer can reach the OT environment before detection triggers.

Under NIS2, ignorance is not a defence.

Board members of operators of essential services - which include most mid-market manufacturers - are now personally liable for cybersecurity breaches. The CSAT gives boards the documented evidence of proactive governance that regulations require.

AI CSAT Review · Manufacturing CIO Assessment

CSAT Report by Intwo

Scan completed · April 2026

OT Posture

IT Posture

Cloud Posture

Critical & High Findings - 7 identified:

SCADA subnet - no Defender for Cloud coverage. 3 production lines exposed. CRITICAL

Shared operator credentials across shift teams - no MFA enforced in OT zone. CRITICAL

IT/OT network not segmented - lateral movement path confirmed to PLC layer. CRITICAL

Historian server - Windows Server 2012 R2 (EOL). No patch path available. HIGH

NIS2 Article 21 - incident response plan not documented or tested. HIGH

Backup recovery - tested 14 months ago. RTO not validated against the current config. MEDIUM

Board Risk Register - 24-page report ready Prioritised remediation roadmap - NIS2 gap analysis - Get-to-green timeline - Executive summary included

The process

From request to board-ready report in four steps.

The CSAT covers on-premise, hybrid, and cloud. No agents required. No disruption to production systems.

24 hours

Request & scoping call

Submit the form. ACMI security specialist confirms within 24 hours and runs a 30-minute scoping call to map your environment - IT, OT, cloud, and any known regulatory requirements.

Day 1-2

Assessment begins

Read-only access configured for Azure and on-premise environments. OT assessment uses passive discovery - no changes to production systems, zero disruption to operational continuity.

Days 3-8

Full assessment runs

CIS Controls v8benchmark across IT and OT. OT attack surface mapping. NIS2 and DORA gap analysis for Europe. Backup and recovery validation. Network segmentation review. Defender for cloud posture scoring.

Day 10

Report & risk register

20-40 page report with board-ready risk register, prioritised remediation roadmap, and NIS2/DORA compliance gap analysis. A senior security specialist presents findings. No obligation to proceed after.

Honest answers

Questions CIOs ask before booking - and the straight answers.

?Will the assessment disrupt production? We cannot afford any downtime.

The CSAT uses passive discovery for OT environments - no agents deployed, no active scanning of production systems, no changes to any configuration. For cloud and IT environments, access is read-only via the same mechanism as the Cloud Scan. Production continuity is a non-negotiable design requirement of the assessment methodology, not an after thought.

?Does NIS2 actually apply to our manufacturing business?

NIS2 covers operators in sector sclassified as essential or important - which includes most mid-market manufacturers in energy supply chains, food and beverage at scale, medical devices, defence supply, and critical infrastructure components. The scoping call at the start of the CSAT clarifies your specific classification. If NIS2 applies, the gap analysis is built in. If DORA applies instead or additionally, that is covered too. The assessment tells you exactly where you stand.

?We already have a managed security provider. Why do we need an independent assessment?

An independent assessment gives your board some thing a managed providers own reporting cannot: third-party validation.Under NIS2, demonstrating due diligence requires evidence that your security posture has been independently evaluated - not just self-reported. The CSAT produces exactly that evidence. Many of our strongest client relationships started with a CSAT that confirmed what their existing provider was doing well, and identified the gaps neither party had visibility of.

?What happens if the assessment finds something serious?

We tell you. Clearly, specifically, and without alarm. The risk register is prioritised: critical findings that need immediate action are separated from high, medium, and low items with realistic timelines. Were commend a managed remediation path for each finding. For the most serious issues - an unprotected OT subnet, for example - we can have an interim mitigation in place before the formal report is delivered. Finding something serious is not a failure - it is the point. Knowing is always better than not knowing.

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Manufacturing is the #1 cyberattack target. Do you know your exposure?

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07

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The attack is rarely sophisticated. The entry point is almost always the same.

31%

8 days

97%

Three outputs. Every one board-ready.

The breach entry point your current tooling cannot see.

The breach entry point your current tooling cannot see.

From request to board-ready report in four steps.

Questions CIOs ask before booking - and the straight answers.

Manufacturing is the most targeted industry in the world. Know your exposure before they do.

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