Secure production as manufacturing becomes more connected.
Manufacturers depend on increasingly connected production environments, digital systems and supply chains to operate efficiently, innovate and compete.
HWG Sababa helps manufacturers reduce cyber risk and strengthen operational resilience across IT and OT – from governance and security engineering to continuous security operations.
The factory is now part of a wider digital ecosystem.
Manufacturing environments are becoming more connected. Production systems interact with enterprise IT, cloud platforms and external services, while remote access extends to employees, suppliers and technology partners.
Factories combine connected technologies with machinery designed to operate for decades, creating weaknesses that can reach production. AI increases the pressure by accelerating reconnaissance and vulnerability discovery, making those weaknesses easier to find and exploit.
Cybersecurity needs to protect production while enabling greater connectivity, automation and digital transformation.
What needs to stay secure.
Production environments
Production lines, machinery and connected manufacturing systems.
Operational technology
Control systems, SCADA, HMIs, PLCs, IIoT devices, industrial networks and other operational assets.
IT and digital environments
Enterprise infrastructure, applications, cloud services and platforms supporting manufacturing operations.
Industrial connectivity
Remote access, connected devices and communication between IT and OT environments.
Supply chain
Equipment suppliers, integrators, technology partners and interconnected production ecosystems.
Products and intellectual property
Product designs, engineering data, software and other business-critical information.
Cybersecurity priorities for manufacturing.
Protect production continuity
Strengthen cybersecurity while preserving the availability, safety and stability of production environments.
Reduce industrial exposure
Identify assets, vulnerabilities, insecure connectivity and attack paths across OT and IIoT environments, prioritizing remediation according to their potential impact on production.
Secure IT/OT connectivity
Protect the growing interaction between enterprise and industrial environments while preserving the operational context and requirements of OT.
Control remote and third-party access
Manage how employees, engineers, suppliers and technology partners access production systems and critical assets.
Validate security against real attacks
Use offensive and purple-team techniques to test whether industrial and enterprise controls can withstand realistic attack scenarios.
Build security into connected products
Address cybersecurity throughout the lifecycle of connected products, IIoT devices and industrial components – from secure development and testing to vulnerability management, aligning with IEC 62443 and the EU Machinery Regulation where applicable.
Relevant expertise for manufacturing.
Different priorities require different combinations of cybersecurity capabilities.
Continuous security operations across connected manufacturing.
Production environments do not operate in isolation. Threats can move between enterprise IT, identities, connected infrastructure and operational systems.
HyperSOC® brings together 24/7 expertise, technology, intelligence and automation to continuously understand risk and exposure, detect and respond to threats, and coordinate security operations across IT and OT.
OT-specific capabilities preserve the realities of industrial operations while connecting security activities across increasingly integrated manufacturing environments. Our operating model supports shared IT/OT intelligence and incident management while deliberately keeping OT response actions subject to operational and safety controls.
Specialist OT expertise
HWG Sababa's OT security capabilities are supported by Y Cyber, our dedicated business unit for industrial and operational technology cybersecurity.
Discover Y CyberProven across connected and industrial environments.
HWG Sababa works across industrial and connected environments, combining specialist OT expertise, offensive security and continuous security operations.
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