by Enrique Hernandez | Apr 29, 2026 | Manufacturing Cybersecurity
Second shift comes on at your plant. Operators try to log into the MES and get kicked out. A few minutes later, someone sees an unfamiliar message on a server console. Within an hour, file shares are unreadable and the ERP is unresponsive. By the end of the shift,...
by Enrique Hernandez | Apr 27, 2026 | OT Security & SCADA
In late 2023, federal agencies issued a joint advisory after Iranian-affiliated attackers exploited internet-exposed water utility control systems across multiple states. The CISA advisory on these intrusions noted that attackers reached Programmable Logic Controllers...
by Enrique Hernandez | Apr 24, 2026 | Manufacturing IT & Continuity
Your plant lost four hours of production last Tuesday. The equipment was fine. No operator made an error. No material was missing. The MES (Manufacturing Execution System, the software layer that tracks production orders and machine status) stopped talking to the ERP...
by Enrique Hernandez | Apr 23, 2026 | AWIA Compliance & Water Infrastructure
If your next AWIA Risk and Resilience Assessment reads like a review of pump stations, treatment plants, and chemical storage, it is already missing a major piece of what the EPA expects to see. The America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018 requires...
by Enrique Hernandez | Apr 6, 2026 | Manufacturing IT & Continuity
It’s 6:14 AM on a Tuesday. Your second shift just ended, and the morning crew is clocking in. Then your ERP system locks up. Nobody can pull work orders. The CNC machines that rely on network-connected job files sit idle. Your shipping team can’t print...
