Flat networks joining the office to the plant floor
One compromised front-office laptop should not be able to reach a PLC. We segment production from IT with documented data flows and no interruption to the line.
Industry · Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturing IT & OT Security for Inland Empire Producers
On a production floor, downtime is measured in units not built and orders not shipped. But the systems that keep the line running were often installed a decade ago, cannot be patched, and sit on the same flat network as the office printer.
Bitlock Shield secures and supports manufacturers, fabricators, and industrial suppliers across Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Perris, Corona, and San Diego County — including defense suppliers who need CMMC evidence.
Free Risk Assessment
A security review built for manufacturing teams
Written findings within one business day. No obligation.
0 min
Production downtime during segmentation work
71%
Typical reduction in exposed risk surface
7 mo
Median path to CMMC Level 2 readiness
24/7
Monitoring across IT and OT boundaries
What we find in manufacturing environments
The gaps that show up again and again
Machines running unsupported operating systems
Controllers tied to Windows versions that stopped receiving patches years ago cannot simply be upgraded. We isolate them and apply compensating controls that hold up under assessment.
Vendor remote access left wide open
Equipment vendors frequently ask for permanent remote-desktop access exposed to the internet. We replace that with brokered, MFA-protected, fully logged sessions that vendors can still use.
ERP and MRP downtime stopping shipments
When the ERP is down, you cannot receive, build, or ship. We treat ERP availability as a production system with monitoring, redundancy, and tested recovery.
Defense contract security requirements
Suppliers to primes face NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC obligations that arrive with a deadline attached. We scope the boundary, document the controls, and maintain the evidence.
How we fix it
A complete program for manufacturing organizations
IT / OT network segmentation
Separate production, engineering, and office networks with documented data-flow diagrams and firewall policy — implemented without stopping the line.
Legacy system containment
Compensating controls, virtual patching, and strict access limits around equipment that cannot be upgraded.
Brokered vendor access
Time-limited, MFA-protected, session-recorded vendor connections replacing permanent open remote desktop.
ERP and MRP availability
Monitoring, redundancy, and tested recovery for the systems that gate receiving, production, and shipping.
CMMC and NIST 800-171 readiness
CUI boundary scoping, GCC High migration where appropriate, System Security Plan and POA&M authoring, and continuous evidence maintenance.
24/7 monitoring across both worlds
SOC coverage tuned for industrial environments, including endpoints that cannot run standard security agents.
Compare plans and pricing on our services page, see measurable outcomes in our city case studies, or read why companies switch to Bitlock Shield.
Compliance coverage
Frameworks we document for you
Technical controls without written evidence fail audits. Every engagement produces documentation you own and can hand directly to an auditor, a payer, a client, or a cyber-insurance underwriter.
- We have segmented live production networks for Inland Empire manufacturers with zero minutes of production downtime during the work.
- Our CMMC engagements produce a real System Security Plan and POA&M mapped to all 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls — a San Diego supplier reached Level 2 readiness in seven months and retained its prime contract.
- Founder Javier A. Flores personally scopes industrial engagements, including an onsite walkthrough of the production environment before any proposal is issued.
CMMC 2.0 Level 2
All 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls documented and maintained.
NIST SP 800-171
System Security Plan, POA&M, and evidence package.
ITAR / EAR awareness
Access and data-handling controls for export-controlled information.
ISO 27001 alignment
Control mapping for customers who require a recognized framework.
Southern California focus
Built around how manufacturing works here
Southwest Riverside County's industrial base runs from precision machining and medical-device suppliers in Temecula's business parks to fabrication and distribution operations in Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, and Perris. Many of these operations grew organically, adding equipment faster than network design could keep up.
San Diego County adds a defense and aerospace dimension: suppliers to primes across Kearny Mesa, Miramar, and Carlsbad are now being asked for CMMC Level 2 evidence as a condition of keeping contracts.
We handle both profiles from Temecula, with onsite engineers who will walk the plant floor before proposing anything — because network diagrams drawn from a conference room are how production gets interrupted.
Cities we serve
- Temecula, CA
- Murrieta, CA
- Lake Elsinore, CA
- Perris, CA
- Corona, CA
- Riverside, CA
- San Diego, CA
Headquartered in Temecula with onsite engineers across Riverside County and San Diego County, plus 24/7 remote coverage.
Manufacturing FAQ
Questions manufacturing leaders ask before switching
Can you segment our network without stopping production?
Yes. We map traffic first, stage the segmentation, and cut over in planned windows. Our Lake Elsinore manufacturing engagement reduced exposed risk surface by 71% with zero minutes of production downtime.
Our machines run Windows versions that cannot be patched. What can you actually do?
Isolate them on a dedicated segment with no internet path, restrict which systems may talk to them, broker and log any vendor access, and monitor the segment continuously. These compensating controls are what assessors expect when replacement is not viable.
Do you handle CMMC for defense suppliers?
Yes. We scope and shrink the CUI boundary, migrate it to Microsoft 365 GCC High where required, author the System Security Plan and POA&M across all 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls, and maintain the evidence continuously so each assessment cycle is not a rebuild.
How do you keep our ERP available?
We treat ERP as a production system: proactive monitoring with alerting before failure, redundancy where the architecture allows, immutable backups with defined recovery objectives, and quarterly restore testing with written results.
Do vendors still get remote access to their equipment?
Yes, just not through an open port. Vendors connect through a brokered gateway with multi-factor authentication, time-limited sessions, and full logging, so you keep the support relationship and gain an audit trail.
Which areas do you cover for onsite industrial work?
Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Menifee, Perris, Corona, and Riverside from our Temecula base, plus scheduled onsite coverage across San Diego County.
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