Manufacturing Sector

Guidance for businesses operating in the Manufacturing sector.

Cybersecurity Resources for Small to Medium-Sized Manufacturers: A Fireside Chat with the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)

View the recording from our May 3, 2024, webinar: Cybersecurity Resources for Small to Medium-Sized Manufacturers: A Fireside Chat with the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)

• MEP Cybersecurity Resources for Manufacturers– This comprehensive site provides cybersecurity guidance, solutions, and training for the manufacturing sector. 
  Manufacturing Extension Partnership
   
• Securing Small Business Manufacturing; Supply Chain Resource Handbook - This product illustrates real-world scenarios in the build-to-print defense contractor environment with use cases relevant to forging houses, manufacturers, and the finishing supply chain. The document amplifies specific and common challenges, and describes the risks that impact both the small business and larger supply chain.  
  National Defense Information Sharing & Analysis Center (ND-ISAC)
   
• Brilliant at the Basics - Operational Technology – As part of the "Brilliant at the Basics" campaign, this streamlined Top 10 list distills critical cybersecurity principles into practical, actionable steps tailored specifically for OT environments. By implementing these foundational practices, Defense Industrial Base (DIB) partners can confidently secure their physical operations, reduce compliance overhead, and ensure the resilient, uninterrupted delivery of capabilities to the tactical edge.
  U.S. Department of War (DoW) Chief Information Officer (CIO)
   
• Tips & Tactics for Building Automation & Control System Cybersecurity – Infographic outlining immediate, actionable security steps for Building Automation & Control System (BACS) Cybersecurity. While the infographic was developed in collaboration with the BACS community, the recommendations offer valuable protection for critical infrastructure sectors including water/wastewater, transportation, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, and food/agriculture.
  National Institute of Standards and Technology
   
• Security Segmentation in a Small Manufacturing Environment –This paper provides an overview of security segmentation and presents an example of a security segmentation design using a six-step approach.
  National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
   
• Integrating Cybersecurity With Industry 4.0: What It Means for Manufacturing - This infographic highlights cybersecurity challenges and how MEP Centers can help. 
  Manufacturing Extension Partnership
   
• NIST Manufacturing Profile – NISTIR 8183 - Provides the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) implementation details developed for the manufacturing environment including a roadmap for reducing cybersecurity risk for manufacturers that is aligned with manufacturing sector goals and industry best practices
  National Institute of Standards and Technology
   
• Interactive Infographic: How Secure is Your Factory Floor? -  A virtual tour of potential cyber vulnerabilities on a shop floor.
  Manufacturing Extension Partnership
   
• Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training - ICS cybersecurity training designed to strengthen the operational readiness of critical infrastructure defenders.
  Idaho National Laboratory (INL), in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
   
• MEP National Network Cybersecurity Assessment Tool - The purpose of this tool is to allow U.S. small manufacturers to self-evaluate the level of cyber risk to your business.
   
• DFARS Cybersecurity Requirements – Information for Department of Defense (DoD) contractors that process, store or transmit Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) who must meet the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFAR). DFAR provides a set of basic security controls.
  Manufacturing Extension Partnership
   
• Foundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Device Manufacturers - describes recommended activities related to cybersecurity that manufacturers should consider incorporating into their product development processes for IoT products
  National Institute of Standards and Technology