Managed Security & Supply-Chain Cyber Risk for Manufacturing
A cyber incident in manufacturing can become an operational incident quickly. Claranet combines 24/7 detection and response, continuous vulnerability discovery and compliance support so your team can reduce the chance that an attack — or a weak supplier connection — disrupts production.
Protect the systems that keep the business moving and maintain current evidence that your controls are working.
Build security around production continuity, not an annual audit date
Manufacturers need to detect active threats, find weaknesses before attackers do, and demonstrate that their own environment and supplier relationships are being managed continuously.
Claranet can provide the defensive layer through managed detection and response and 24/7 security operations, giving internal IT teams specialist monitoring and escalation without having to build a full SOC themselves.
Continuous Security Testing then keeps vulnerability exposure current between annual tests, combining automated scanning with expert manual verification, prioritisation and retesting.
For customer and supply-chain assurance, Claranet can support ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, helping keep the controls and evidence current rather than treating compliance as a once-a-year project.
24/7 Managed Detection & Response for Manufacturing
Security teams need to know when suspicious activity moves from noise to a real threat. Claranet MDR and SOC services provide continuous monitoring and specialist response across supported endpoints, cloud and security platforms.
The service can complement internal IT and security teams with 24/7 coverage, defined escalation and access to offensive and compliance specialists when deeper investigation is needed.
- 24/7 monitoring and managed detection and response.
- Defined incident triage, escalation and response processes.
- Integration with supported endpoint, cloud and security technologies.
- Service reporting and governance for internal risk owners.
Find vulnerabilities continuously instead of waiting for the next annual pentest
A point-in-time penetration test is useful for assurance, but the estate changes every week. New services, VPNs, APIs, remote-access tooling and cloud configuration can create exposure long before the next scheduled test.
Claranet CST combines ongoing scanning with manual verification by penetration testers so teams can focus remediation on findings that are real and material.
- Continuous scanning across external and internal infrastructure, applications, APIs and endpoints.
- Manual verification to remove false positives and add business-context risk scoring.
- High-impact notifications, remediation guidance and re-testing.
- Executive, management and technical reporting through the Cyber Portal.
Manufacturing Cyber Security Compliance & Assurance
Security assurance matters commercially when major customers require ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus or evidence of a mature security programme before they award or renew a contract.
Claranet can support the management-system and certification journey, help identify control gaps, and strengthen the governance around supplier and third-party access to your environment.
- ISO 27001 gap analysis and ISMS consultancy.
- Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus assessment support.
- Security risk assessment to prioritise controls around real threats.
- Supplier access, segmentation and assurance requirements incorporated into the wider security model.
Ready to make cyber resilience part of production resilience?
We can review the current security operating model, identify the highest-value control gaps and combine 24/7 detection, continuous testing and compliance support into one managed programme.
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Manufacturing cyber security FAQs
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Not necessarily. CST is designed to keep vulnerability assurance current between point-in-time tests. Many organisations use both: traditional penetration testing for defined scopes or compliance, and CST for ongoing exposure management.
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Yes. Claranet operates managed detection and response and security-operations services with 24/7 coverage across supported technologies and environments.
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Yes. Claranet provides ISO 27001 consultancy and is an IASME Cyber Essentials certification body, with services supporting Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus.
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This page is deliberately focused on the IT, cloud, endpoint, network and governance capabilities Claranet currently positions strongly. Any OT-specific requirement should be scoped separately rather than assumed to be part of the standard managed-security service.
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Supplier risk can be reduced through clear access controls, segmentation, assurance requirements, risk assessment and evidence of your own security posture. Where a detailed third-party assessment service is required, the scope should be agreed explicitly.