Not the one pinned to a drawing board, but the CAD file. The digital twin. The proprietary design sent to a subcontractor in good faith. The prototype had not even been built yet. But two months later, a suspiciously similar product appeared overseas. It was cheaper. It was faster. And it was clearly based on the same design.
No alarms were triggered. No downtime occurred. No breach was detected. This was not sabotage. It was quiet, precise theft.
Manufacturing
In manufacturing, intellectual property is the product.
You do not need to breach a factory floor to damage a business. You only need to take what it is about to make. CAD drawings. Bill of materials. Process specifications. Vendor relationships.
Embedded firmware designs.
In precision manufacturing, these are gold. And far too often, they are protected with trust alone.
Monitoring behaviour, not only endpoints.
Designs move through subcontractors, freelance engineers, tooling specialists, and overseas fabrication plants. Every transfer is an opportunity for compromise.
It only takes one weak endpoint for your future to end up in someone else’s hands.
Protecting innovation means acting before the first product is built.
That means using secure design platforms with granular access control.
Encrypting every shared file and logging every access.
Vetting each third party for cybersecurity readiness.
Applying digital rights management policies to sensitive designs.
Separating research and development networks from production environments.
Because by the time you are ready to manufacture, someone else could already be selling your vision. The blueprint is your competitive edge. Lose it, and you are not just compromised, you are replaced.
We secure the digital assets that define your competitive advantage before they leave your building.
We implement controlled-access environments for CAD and design files, ensuring only authorised users can view, edit, or share them.
We encrypt every file transfer and track who accessed what, when, and from where.
We evaluate the security posture of your partners to close weak links in the supply chain.
We protect sensitive designs with policies that prevent unauthorised copying, printing, or redistribution.
We isolate design environments from production systems to minimise exposure if a breach occurs.
We investigate suspected leaks, trace the breach point, and provide evidence for legal and contractual action.
When you work with us, you gain more than a cybersecurity service. You gain a strategic sentinel committed to your resilience.
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