U.S. manufacturing IT specialists since 2006
IT that keeps the line moving.
Manufacturers need IT that keeps the line moving, keeps OT and IT networks safely apart, and turns compliance requirements into something your team can actually execute.
What we see in manufacturing
The problems that land on your IT.
Downtime stops production, not just email
A network outage doesn't just frustrate people. It halts the line and costs thousands of dollars an hour.
Generic MSPs have never been on a plant floor
Most providers don't understand industrial protocols, control systems, or how an outage ripples through a shift.
OT and IT were never meant to share a network
Legacy PLCs, SCADA, robots, and HMIs were built for isolation, but now have to coexist with cloud systems and remote access.
Compliance is tied to your contracts
Defense, aerospace, and automotive suppliers face CMMC 2.0, NIST 800-171, ITAR, and ISO 27001 obligations that gate the work.
Legacy equipment can't always be patched
A 2003 press brake or a Windows XP control PC can't be modernized on demand, so it has to be protected in place.
- most-attacked industry for ransomware, four years running (IBM X-Force)
- #1 most-attacked industry for ransomware, four years running (IBM X-Force)
- average cost of a manufacturing breach
- $4.7M average cost of a manufacturing breach
- average recovery time after a ransomware incident
- 22days average recovery time after a ransomware incident
- of OT vulnerabilities have no vendor patch available
- 70% of OT vulnerabilities have no vendor patch available
How we help
What NBIT runs for you.
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OT / IT segmentation
Network architecture built on the Purdue Model and IEC 62443, so a phished laptop can't reach the line.
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ERP and MES support
Day-to-day support for Epicor, Infor, SAP, and Plex environments.
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Cybersecurity stack
EDR, identity protection, email security, and OT monitoring in one managed layer.
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Compliance readiness
CMMC 2.0, NIST 800-171, ITAR, and FDA 21 CFR Part 11, kept audit-ready year-round.
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Production-priority help desk
24/7 monitoring and a help desk that triages by what an outage costs, not by ticket order.
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Strategic IT planning
Fractional CIO guidance and a co-managed model that backs your internal team.
Common questions
Manufacturing, answered.
- Does NBIT support manufacturing OT and plant-floor systems?
- Yes. We support PLCs, SCADA, HMIs, and industrial networks alongside your business IT, so both sides of the operation are covered by one team.
- Can you secure equipment that can't be patched?
- Yes. Most OT vulnerabilities have no patch available, so we contain them with segmentation, an industrial DMZ, and controlled remote access instead of forcing updates that break production.
- Will IT work interrupt our production schedule?
- No. We schedule changes around your production windows and use OT-safe methods, not office-IT tools pointed at equipment that can't tolerate them.
- Do you understand what downtime costs a plant?
- Yes. We prioritize by operational impact, not ticket order, and a stopped line is triaged ahead of routine requests, with engineers on shift around the clock.
Who else we serve
- Food & Beverage Production lines, cold chain, traceability, and the customer audits that come with all three.
- Logistics & Distribution Warehouses, scanners, and WMS uptime, where every system delay shows up at a dock door.
- Professional Services Firms whose billable hours and client trust both depend on systems that simply work.
- Construction Job sites, field devices, and project data that has to move between trailers and the office.
- Nonprofits Mission-driven teams that need enterprise-grade security on a careful budget.
Let's talk about your manufacturing operation.
Schedule a 30-minute discovery call. We'll walk through your environment, identify your highest-risk gaps, and give you a clear picture of what it would take to address them.