How do you make money and what effort is needed to identify weaknesses and threats that could restrict you from executing your strategy?
Decisions driven by knowledge are superior to those induced by fear.
Developing and leveraging resources to achieve results is core to business success, just as misaligned investments are often wasteful.
No one sees business disruption coming. When it happens, leaders are not prepared.
That is why prudent leadership teams embrace their responsibility for building trust. The competitive advantage of responsibly developed and well-defined strategic plans is that adopters outperform their peers who fail to execute.
We focus on the most important to you, as co-developed strategies and security plans reduce the impact and duration of loss events.
You can limit business disruption and financial losses caused by asset exposure.
The criminal exploits of U.S. manufacturers and supply chains continue to be an injustice.
Are you prepared?
The secure transition process will repurpose cash flow, energy, and time to improve the financial health of your organization.
A great starting point for team awareness is Inspectionem℠. This confidential business process discussion begins to peel the onion as we eliminate assumptions and clarify what is most important in the operation of your business.
Once leadership and IT management understand that we utilize a multi-stakeholder shared purpose approach, openness and engagement improve.
The underlying truth provided by Inspectionem℠ allows executives to better direct resources (capital, time, people) with confidence because the planning process laser cuts years of assumptions as confidential discussions increase shared knowledge.
Inspectionem℠ is a trust-building verification process that allows boards and executive leadership to determine risk and reward improvements based on probable loss, cash flow, and the desired pace of change.
Necessary cyber security should be available to all manufacturers and not just those with enterprise budgets. That’s why we designed a process that scales to the depth of requirements needed for each organization.
This proven process allows you to prioritize cyber threats with the highest business impact, safeguarding your critical assets from malicious exploitation.
Shared knowledge is a force multiplier and the first step to reducing the impact and duration of loss events.
Then resources are allocated to vital asset protection priorities that strengthen your workflows and customers’ trust.
Certitude Security® works with scaling and mid-market manufacturing leadership teams to co-develop security strategies to protect and grow your business.
In a similar manner in which forecasts can be inaccurate, so is your understanding of loss exposure. The path to success and profitability includes isolating assets to maintain operational stability.
This knowledge enables leadership teams to make more effective decisions and focus resources on probable threats to assets that are likely to cause loss.
Lowell Bowdle, CEO of Certitude Security®, is a cybersecurity thought leader with more than twenty years of experience related to security and IT consulting for the manufacturing, distribution, and construction industries. His leadership and expertise enable us to anticipate your specific operational needs and mitigate the cyber threats others have overlooked.
If you are interested in learning more, our Origin and Values articles should be enlightening.
Following in consequence of my dedication to protecting manufacturers and supply chains from injustice, I promise and swear to keep, to the best of my ability and judgment, the following oath:
I will observe and practice every acknowledged rule of professional conduct concerning my profession, clients, colleagues, and myself.
I will keep an open mind regarding the progress of my profession.
I will serve my clients’ to the best of my ability, violating neither confidence nor dignity. In my association with clients, I shall not violate morals and rights.
I shall regard and refer to my fellow collaborators with respect and give credit where it is due.
I shall improve my knowledge and skill, firm in my resolution to justify the responsibility that consultants and advisors symbolize and impose.
To all this, I pledge myself, knowing the dictates of reason alone prescribe these ideals.
Are you struggling to protect your manufacturing business from cyber threats and business interruption? The manufacturing industry is evolving with Industrial IoT and SMART Manufacturing initiatives. We understand it can be confusing and difficult to get started. Many providers want to sell you software and services that you may not need at an enterprise price.
We will take the time to understand the unique needs and business priorities of every client. We co-develop a security strategy that aligns with your business needs and provides a scalable approach that meets your budget goals. We listen, we care, we serve.
Active collaboration is fundamental in our approach, as it allows us to align our cybersecurity services with the strategies and goals of your business. We believe that open and direct communication builds mutual understanding and increases shared knowledge between business leaders and IT professionals. This allows us to improve the lives and businesses of our clients.
We provide scaling and mid-sized manufacturing companies enterprise-level cybersecurity capabilities by aligning with your business strategy and holding our team accountable for positive results. We are committed to protecting manufactures from injustice.
Automation and connectivity are changing how businesses and supply chains operate and allow new risks to occur with these changes. Cyber threats are always evolving, and so should the protection you trust for your business. This perspective fuels our continuous improvement mindset and empowers us to develop new skill sets that contribute to your company’s long-term success. We approach challenges through the lens of opportunity and growth.