Zero Trust for
Manufacturing.
Canadian manufacturers face converging threats on two fronts: aging OT equipment on modern IP networks, and IT environments targeted by ransomware gangs that know operational shutdowns pay faster ransoms. We build the Zero Trust controls that separate your plant floor from your corporate network — and keep production running.
OT meets IT — and the perimeter disappears.
A pattern of pressures showing up across Canadian manufacturers — from Tier-1 automotive suppliers to food processing plants.
OT/IT network convergence
Plant-floor PLCs and HMIs now talk to corporate ERP systems. That connectivity creates a path ransomware can follow from an accountant's inbox all the way to production equipment.
Supply chain security requirements
Tier-1 customers and procurement teams are requiring NIST CSF evidence from suppliers. No controls documentation means delayed contracts — or no contract at all.
Remote access to plant systems
Technicians and OEM vendors need access to PLCs and SCADA without exposing control networks to the internet. Legacy VPN creates exactly the broad access you're trying to avoid.
Ransomware targeting operations
Manufacturers are the #1 target of operational ransomware because plant shutdowns create immediate business pressure. The average downtime after an OT incident exceeds three weeks.
Cyber insurance OT requirements
Insurers are adding OT-specific questions to renewals. Without documented IT/OT segmentation and access controls, coverage is denied or premiums become prohibitive.
Legacy equipment on modern networks
Decade-old Windows machines running CNC or SCADA software can't run EDR agents. They need network-level protection because endpoint agents aren't an option.
Zero Trust for IT and OT — without disrupting production.
Three services, one architecture, tuned to the controls your insurer and your Tier-1 customers actually verify.
TruWorkspace Zero Trust™
Segment IT from OT with identity-based access policy. Cloudflare ZTNA replaces VPN for remote vendor and technician access — no PLC network exposure.
TruCompliance™
NIST CSF mapping, supply chain risk documentation, and the ISMS evidence your Tier-1 customer auditors and insurer require. Continuously updated, not assembled at audit time.
TruOffice™
Canadian service desk for both office and plant floor users. Microsoft 365 and Teams VoIP replacing aging PBX infrastructure across multiple facilities.
The frameworks your customers and insurer verify.
Every TruCompliance engagement maps controls to the frameworks your Tier-1 procurement team, your insurer, and any federal customer requires. Evidence is collected continuously — not assembled the week of the audit.
- NIST CSF 2.0 — national standard for critical infrastructure
- IEC 62443 — OT/ICS security framework
- CyberSecure Canada — federal SMB certification
- ISO 27001 — ISMS certification path
- Supply chain risk documentation — Tier-1 customer requirements
- Cyber insurance OT requirements — renewal criteria by carrier
From ransomware incident to insured and segmented in 60 days.
An 80-person precision machining shop in Ontario was hit through an RDP port left open for a remote vendor. We deployed TruWorkspace Zero Trust with IT/OT segmentation, replaced the VPN with Cloudflare ZTNA for all vendor access, and delivered a NIST CSF controls package for their insurance renewal. Coverage reinstated at a reduced premium.
Read the case study"We had no idea the vendor's access port was open to the internet. Zero Trust would have stopped that attack before it started.
Keep exploring.
TruCompliance™
The ISMS, vCISO, and NIST CSF documentation your Tier-1 customers and insurer require.
Cloudflare Zero Trust
ZTNA replaces VPN for remote vendor access to plant systems — no exposed RDP or control network.
OT Security Readiness Checklist
The IT/OT segmentation controls your insurer and your Tier-1 customers are checking for.
Book your OT-aware discovery call.
30 minutes. We'll map your OT and IT environment and show you a Zero Trust path forward — without disrupting production.