Manufacturing IT Services
Managed IT & Cybersecurity Solutions for Manufacturers
Keep Your Production Line Running Before a Cyberattack Stops It
You’re running shifts, quoting new work, and shipping on dates that don’t move. Today’s manufacturers run on an ERP that tells the floor what to build, connected equipment, shared drawings and quotes, and vendors who connect in to keep machines running, and one compromised login can put all of it at risk.
AdvancedBITS provides managed IT, cybersecurity, and AI guardrails for manufacturers, so your production schedule, your designs, and your customer relationships stay protected. We run your IT or work alongside your in-house team, and we help you build a technology foundation that supports growth.
Trusted by clients for 11+ years of managed IT experience, with a 98% client retention rate. Our clients include organizations in manufacturing, among other industries. Regional offices in Florida, North Carolina, Texas, and Oregon, serving manufacturers nationwide.
Cybersecurity Risks Manufacturers Face Today
Manufacturers are prime targets for ransomware. When a line stops, shipments slip, workers sit idle, and customers start counting the days, and attackers know that pressure works in their favor. Black Kite counted 1,183 disclosed manufacturing ransomware victims in the first seven months of 2026, more than in all of 2023 or all of 2024 (Black Kite, 2026).
It isn’t only the big names. When Jaguar Land Rover shut down its IT systems in 2025, its three UK plants stayed stopped for more than five weeks, and more than 5,000 organizations felt it, most of them smaller suppliers (Black Kite, 2026). Roughly 70% of ransomware victims with known revenue earned between $10 million and $100 million, and the way in is usually ordinary: an exposed remote-access tool, a stolen login, or an unpatched device. Third parties were involved in 61% of manufacturing breaches in Verizon’s 2026 report, which puts every vendor connection on your list.
Your customers and insurers aren’t waiting for you to catch up either. They increasingly want proof of your controls, not just a promise, and those questions arrive whether or not you have the internal resources to answer them alone.
The manufacturers who get hurt most aren’t the ones without security. They’re the ones who assumed a vendor connection, an old login, or the backups were fine until the day they weren’t.
Cybersecurity & IT Services for Manufacturers
AdvancedBITS builds a security and uptime foundation specifically for manufacturers:
- Security Risk Assessments & Ransomware Readiness
- Microsoft 365 Security, MFA & Identity Management
- Email & Endpoint Protection
- Remote Access & Vendor Connection Review
- IT/OT Network Segmentation Guidance
- Backup, Disaster Recovery & Downtime Planning for ERP and Production Systems
- Security Awareness Training for Office, Plant & Supervisor Staff
- Customer Questionnaire & Cyber Insurance Readiness
- Managed & Co-Managed IT with Support That Fits Your Shifts
Every safeguard is mapped to the shifts, systems, and customer demands your plant actually runs on, no generic IT playbook.
Uptime Built for the Plant Floor
Ransomware usually stops a plant by locking the business systems the floor depends on, not by hacking the machines. Dragos found that plant disruption followed the shutdown of the ERP and virtualization systems behind scheduling and shipping, with no case of a group manipulating a control system directly (Dragos, 2026). And attacks aren’t the only thing that stops a line: 74% of manufacturers in a 2026 Macrium study had downtime at least once a year, and cyberattacks were the primary cause just 5% of the time, behind failed maintenance, lost configurations, and network failures (Macrium, 2026). AdvancedBITS plans for all of it:
- Backups of your ERP, production systems, and Microsoft 365, kept separate from the production network
- A timed restore, so you know your recovery time before you need it
- A written downtime plan: manual procedures, a call list, who authorizes a restart, and what comes back first
- Vendor and integrator remote access reviewed, limited, and logged
- Plant, office, guest, and vendor networks kept apart, with an inventory of connected equipment
The result: fewer surprises, faster recovery, and a plant that can show customers and insurers it is ready. AdvancedBITS provides technology guidance and works with your engineers and equipment vendors, who know your machines best.
AI for Manufacturers: Is Your Plant Ready?
Quoting. Scheduling. Quality checks. Maintenance planning. Manufacturers adopting AI now are gaining hours their competitors are still spending on manual work. RSM found 88% of manufacturers surveyed already have AI at least partly integrated (RSM, 2026), yet only 7% have a tested AI incident response plan (Grant Thornton, 2026).
The opportunity isn’t just adopting AI, it’s adopting it responsibly. Customer drawings, pricing, and supplier terms can’t end up in a public tool, and AI that connects to your ERP or production data needs the same review as any other system. AdvancedBITS helps you implement AI with the right controls in place, so your plant gains efficiency without exposing designs or customer data.
An Extension of Your Team, Not Just a Vendor
Managed IT. Cybersecurity. Backup and recovery. AI strategy. We handle the technology so your team can focus on production, quality, and delivery. Fully managed or co-managed with your in-house IT or plant engineers, you decide how much to hand off, backed by a SOC 2 Type II examined security practice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What IT services does a manufacturer need?
A manufacturer needs managed IT support, cybersecurity, Microsoft 365 management, backup and disaster recovery for the systems that run production, and a plan for AI use. Together they keep production running and company data protected. AdvancedBITS provides these as a fully managed service or alongside a company’s in-house IT team.
Why can an IT outage stop a production line?
Production runs on IT systems such as ERP, manufacturing execution, identity, and virtualized servers. Dragos reports that industrial ransomware disruption has followed encryption or precautionary shutdown of the enterprise and virtualization systems that operational technology depends on, not direct manipulation of control systems. When those systems stop, scheduling, quality records, and shipping stop with them.
What is the difference between managed and co-managed IT for a manufacturer?
With fully managed IT, a provider runs the company’s IT environment day to day. With co-managed IT, the provider works alongside in-house IT staff and takes on defined work, such as after-hours monitoring, patching, backup testing, or security, while the internal team keeps control. Manufacturers choose the model that fits their staffing, shifts, and risk.
Can a managed IT provider secure plant-floor systems?
A managed IT provider can secure the IT environment and the IT side of the boundary with plant systems, including remote access, segmentation, patching, and backups. Controllers, operator interfaces, and safety systems belong to your controls engineers, integrators, and equipment vendors. Ask any provider how it avoids disrupting fragile devices, and whether it will scan or change them only with your approval.
How should a manufacturer protect backups from ransomware?
Keep at least one copy offline or immutable, protect backup systems with separate credentials and multifactor authentication, and cover ERP, manufacturing execution, and virtualization servers as well as file shares. Then test restores against a stated recovery time, because an untested backup is an assumption, not a control. Pair it with a plan for running manually while systems are restored.
What is shadow AI in a manufacturing company?
Shadow AI in a manufacturing company is the use of AI tools, accounts, extensions, or meeting bots that the company has not reviewed or approved, such as an engineer pasting process notes or customer drawings into a personal chatbot account. The company cannot see what data is entered or what the provider does with it, which puts intellectual property and customer confidentiality at risk.
Does a managed IT provider make a manufacturer more secure?
It can, but we found no published study that measures manufacturers before and after a managed IT engagement. The strongest evidence concerns specific services, such as managed detection and response, multifactor authentication, and tested backups. The right test is your own baseline and a re-measurement at 90 days. Insist on evidence, not promises.
What does a Complimentary Manufacturing Technology Assessment involve?
A specialist reviews your IT environment, remote access, backups, security, and AI use, and identifies opportunities to improve operational efficiency, strengthen security, and reduce risk. There is no cost and no obligation, and you decide what happens next.
Schedule Your Free Manufacturing Technology & Risk Assessment
Start with a Complimentary Manufacturing Technology & Risk Assessment. Our specialists will evaluate your environment, identify risks, and recommend next steps to protect your production schedule and customer data.