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MANUFACTURING & THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE

Manufacturers who protect their data keep their contracts

Your shop floor runs on connected equipment, shared drawings, and a long list of subcontractors touching the same files. That's exactly what makes manufacturers a favorite target, and exactly why your security posture has to hold up under real scrutiny, not just look good on paper. Sentinel Blue is a CyberAB-authorized C3PAO built to get you certified and keep you defended.

What Level 2 actually requires
110 controls
NIST SP 800-171 sets the bar. Access control, incident response, and system monitoring all have to be documented and working, not just written down.
A live score
Your SPRS score has to reflect where you actually stand. Primes and contracting officers can see it, and a stale or inflated score is its own liability.
A signed name
Someone in leadership affirms your compliance every year, backed by a current System Security Plan and a real plan of action for anything still open.
WHAT'S ACTUALLY AT RISK ON THE FLOOR

Compliance is the paperwork. Production is what's on the line.

Attackers going after manufacturers aren't just after your files anymore. They want to stop the line. Legacy equipment tied into modern networks, thin visibility into the plant floor, and a supply chain full of smaller shops make manufacturers an easier mark than the primes they build for.

Legacy machines, modern networks

Equipment built decades before the term "cybersecurity" existed is now sitting on the same network as your email. It can't be patched the way a laptop can, and it gives an intruder a quiet way in.

Downtime, not just data theft

The most costly incidents aren't quiet breaches that leak information without anyone noticing. They're the ones that shut a line down, delay a shipment, and put a prime's own deadlines at risk.

Your drawings are the prize

Proprietary designs, bills of material, and controlled unclassified information move through your systems every day. That's exactly the intellectual property adversaries are after, and exactly what CMMC exists to protect.

Lose the bid

DoD awards involving CUI don't flow to a subcontractor without a current Level 2 certification on file. No certification on record, no seat at the table.

Lose the slot

Primes review their tier-2 and tier-3 supplier lists every year. A status that reads "pending" for two cycles running tends to get replaced by a shop that's already certified.

Lose the leverage

Re-qualifying after you've been dropped from an approved supplier list is a harder climb than getting certified before you needed to.

HOW SENTINEL BLUE FITS INTO YOUR SHOP

One partner for the certification and the security behind it

A lot of firms can hand you a checklist. Fewer can assess you, and fewer still can also run the security operations that keep you compliant between assessments. Sentinel Blue does both, through the Shield program built specifically for defense manufacturers and suppliers.

Authorized C3PAO assessment

Sentinel Blue is authorized by the Cyber-AB to conduct official CMMC Level 2 assessments. That means your certification comes from the same team that helped you prepare for it, not a separate vendor you have to loop in.

Managed GRC with Pathfinder

Pathfinder keeps your System Security Plan, SPRS score, and 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls current year-round, so your annual affirmation is a formality instead of a scramble.

Managed security with Overwatch

Overwatch puts a real security operations center on watch over your network around the clock, built to catch the kind of intrusion that starts on a shop floor and spreads before anyone notices.

CyberAB
Authorized C3PAO for CMMC Level 2 assessments
In-house
Security operations center, not an outsourced answering service
Shared
Responsibility model, so you always know what Sentinel Blue owns and what you own
WE KNOW WHAT YOUR FLOOR LOOKS LIKE

Built around manufacturers, not adapted for them

Sentinel Blue works with fastener manufacturers, precision machine shops, and aerospace suppliers who carry the same mix of legacy equipment, CUI, and prime contractor deadlines you do. We've already mapped what CMMC looks like on a real production floor.

Win-Tech Level 1 Fasteners PSI-PAX
1

Scope the assessment

We map where CUI actually lives in your systems so you're not paying to certify more than you need to.

2

Close the gaps

We build the SSP, remediate the controls, and get your SPRS score where it needs to be before the clock runs out.

3

Certify

Our authorized C3PAO team runs the formal Level 2 assessment, so certification comes from people who already know your environment.

4

Stay covered

Overwatch and Pathfinder carry the work forward so you're ready for the next annual affirmation, not starting over.

Certification is a moment. Staying ready is the job.

Talk to a Sentinel Blue assessor about where your shop actually stands against NIST SP 800-171, and what it takes to stay audit ready year after year, not just pass once.