For US Manufacturers + DoD Contractors
Manufacturing is the most cyberattacked sector, and the reason is the network: an email click on the office side can reach a PLC on the plant floor the same day, and a flat network turns one infection into a shutdown. On top of that, the defense work you bid on now demands certified proof you protect controlled information, or you lose the contract. Most teams chase all of this in four disconnected places: an IT security tool, an OT detection vendor, a supplier spreadsheet, and an ISO binder. RiskWatch runs it as one program, so the path from office to plant floor is a tracked finding before it is an incident, and your certification evidence is ready when the assessor walks in.
Trusted by US manufacturers + DoD contractors covering aerospace, automotive, industrial, and mid-market manufacturing across single-site and multi-site operations.
Why Manufacturers Pick RiskWatch
RiskWatch puts your office IT, your plant-floor OT, and every supplier who touches your defense work in one place, scored against one shared set of controls. You see lateral movement from the office network toward a controller as a tracked finding, you know which suppliers hold protected information and which never proved they secure it, and your quality, security, and environmental audits feed each other instead of running as three separate binders. When the defense assessor arrives, the evidence is already assembled, not scrambled together the week before. (Covers NIST 800-171, CMMC 2.0, IEC 62443, NIST 800-82, ISO 27001/9001/14001, and DFARS flow-down on one library.)
Every site is mapped as security zones, and movement from the office network down toward a controller is a tracked finding, not a surprise. Plugs into the OT detection tools you already run (Dragos, Nozomi, Claroty). (Models Purdue Levels 0-5 with IEC 62443 conduit controls between each.)
See which suppliers hold controlled defense information and which never proved they protect it, before a gap shows up in an assessment and a contract. One supplier register, one annual attestation cycle, alerts when one vendor concentrates risk across programs. (Tracks all 110 NIST 800-171 controls and the 320 assessment objectives a C3PAO grades against.)
Run an internal audit once and it feeds your security, quality, and environmental certifications at the same time, so you stop maintaining three binders that say the same thing. (Shared management-review and CAPA across ISO 27001, 9001, and 14001; add 45001 and 50001 where applicable.)
The Manufacturing Risk Landscape
Ransomware in manufacturing surged 61% in 2025. ICS incidents climbed past 12,000. CMMC 2.0 Phase 2 is enforceable November 10, 2026, affecting every contractor in the DoD supply chain. Supply chain compromise doubled. The pattern is consistent: IT-OT convergence without segmentation becomes a same-day path from email to PLC.
Three Domains, One Platform
RiskWatch covers all three. Each domain has a dedicated workflow, scoring model, and remediation queue. They share data so a single OT control implementation drives Purdue zone evidence, IEC 62443 conformance, and NIST 800-171 + CMMC compliance simultaneously.
Survey-based risk assessment across Purdue Levels 0-5, IT environments, and supplier programs, scored against ISO 31000 and NIST RMF.
All 110 NIST 800-171 controls, 320 assessment objectives, CMMC L1/L2/L3 readiness, and DFARS flow-down in one library.
IEC 62443 zones-and-conduits, NIST SP 800-82 ICS controls, OT-native vulnerability assessment with Dragos/Nozomi/Claroty integrations.
Purdue Zone Spotlight
The Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture is the structural model both IEC 62443 and NIST SP 800-82 build on. RiskWatch models every site as Purdue zones with per-level security posture rolled to the board: L5 enterprise IT against NIST CSF / ISO 27001, L4 site business against IDMZ separation, L3 operations management against IEC 62443-3-3, and L0, L2 against OT-specific control sets. Every conduit between levels has tracked controls.
DoD Flow-down Spotlight
DFARS 252.204-7012 + CMMC 2.0 cascade through prime → sub → sub-tier. Phase 2 enforceable November 10, 2026. Per-program supplier map shows which CUI types flow to which tier, annual attestation cycle automates evidence collection, and concentration-risk alerts fire when a single supplier holds CUI for 3+ programs. C3PAO assessment readiness tracked against all 110 NIST 800-171 controls and the 320 assessment objectives.
The Coverage Gap
IT GRC platforms cover NIST 800-171 but not Purdue zones. OT detection vendors cover ICS but not CMMC. Supplier-portal vendors cover flow-down but not internal compliance. ISO management-system tools cover quality + environmental separately. Each does one job. Manufacturers still operate four parallel programs.
| Platform Category | NIST 800-171 | CMMC 2.0 | IEC 62443 | Purdue Zones | DoD Flow-down | ISO 27001/9001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT GRC PlatformsServiceNow GRC, Archer | Partial | Partial | · | · | Partial | Partial |
| CMMC Specialty ToolsHyperproof, FutureFeed | Yes | Yes | · | · | Partial | · |
| OT Detection VendorsDragos, Nozomi, Claroty | · | · | Partial | Yes | · | · |
| Supplier Portal VendorsExostar, ProcessUnity | · | · | · | · | Yes | · |
| ISO MS ToolsIntelex, Q-Pulse | · | · | · | · | · | Yes |
| Spreadsheets & Email | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| RiskWatchThe unified IT+OT+supply-chain platform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RiskWatch is the only platform covering all six manufacturing compliance domains: NIST 800-171, CMMC 2.0, IEC 62443, Purdue zones, DoD flow-down, and ISO 27001/9001. IT GRC tools cover NIST 800-171. OT detection vendors cover ICS. Supplier-portal vendors cover flow-down. ISO management-system tools cover quality + environmental. Each does one job. RiskWatch unifies all six in one survey-based assessment workflow.
How It Works
RiskWatch is a survey-based assessment platform. The work is structured around questionnaires that capture IT cybersecurity, OT/ICS posture, supplier attestation, and management-system evidence in a consistent format, then scored against the framework you align to.
For manufacturers, that workflow runs continuously across the IT environment, every site's Purdue zone stack, and every program's DoD flow-down chain. An IT control assessment captures NIST 800-171 evidence. An OT zone assessment captures IEC 62443 + NIST 800-82 conformance. A supplier attestation captures DFARS flow-down posture. An ISO internal audit feeds 27001 + 9001 + 14001 simultaneously.
The same platform runs all four, surfaces gaps before C3PAO arrival, assigns remediation owners, and tracks completion. Replace the four parallel tools that each see only one slice of the manufacturing risk picture.
Built For Your Role
Owns IT + OT cyber posture, ransomware defense, and the IT-to-OT lateral-movement boundary across plants.
One controls library covering IT NIST 800-171, OT IEC 62443, and NIST 800-82. Purdue zones modeled per site.Owns ICS asset inventory, PLC change control, OT-detection integration, and conduit-control enforcement.
Dragos / Nozomi / Claroty feeds in the same evidence vault as IT data. Purdue conduit controls tracked.Owns NIST 800-171 implementation, CMMC certification path, and DFARS flow-down to suppliers.
All 110 controls + 320 assessment objectives. C3PAO-ready evidence on demand. Supplier attestation cycle automated.Owns supplier register, annual attestation cycle, concentration risk, and CUI flow-down map per program.
Supplier portal replaces email chasing. Concentration-risk alerts when one supplier holds CUI for 3+ programs.Owns quality management system, environmental management, internal audits, CAPA, and certification cycles.
Shared management-review + CAPA modules. One internal audit feeds 27001 + 9001 + 14001 simultaneously.Owns occupational health & safety management and energy management systems.
ISO 45001 + 50001 layered on the same management-system templates. Reduced cert prep time.Built For Your Segment
DoD prime + sub contractor compliance, ITAR/EAR controls, CMMC L2/L3 certification, and CUI handling for Joint Program Office programs.
TISAX information-security assessment, IATF 16949 quality, IEC 62443 OT controls, and DoD prime flow-down where applicable.
Chemical, refining, and process-industry OT environments with API + ISA security standards, distributed control system (DCS) integration.
Job shops, machine shops, and contract manufacturers handling CUI through DoD flow-down without dedicated CMMC programs.
FDA cybersecurity premarket + postmarket, ISO 13485 + ISO 14971, and customer-required HIPAA + SOC 2 assessments.
Connected-device security, edge-compute risk, MQTT/OPC UA controls, and IT-OT convergence under IEC 62443-4-1 secure development.
Standards & Frameworks
Generic GRC tools were built for office IT. RiskWatch was built for OT/IT convergence and the DoD supply-chain compliance reality of modern manufacturing.
Trusted by 500+ risk and compliance teams
We were running NIST 800-171 in a spreadsheet, OT detection in a SOC tool, and supplier flow-down in email. RiskWatch put all three on one library. C3PAO walked in with everything pre-staged. We hit CMMC L2 in seven months, not the 18 we'd budgeted.
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Most demos run 15 minutes. Bring a recent C3PAO self-assessment, a recent OT incident, or a recent supplier flow-down question. We will show you how RiskWatch would have surfaced the gap, scored the exposure, and tracked the remediation across every framework at once.
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