Manufacturing & engineering · Colorado Springs
IT for manufacturers and engineering firms.
Drawings, CAD models and machine programs are the business, and the shop floor often runs on computers nobody wants to touch. We secure the office, separate the floor and help defense suppliers meet their contract requirements, at published prices.
What manufacturers and engineering firms need from IT
Protect the drawings, keep the machines running.
Many local shops and firms sit in the defense supply chain around Fort Carson, Peterson and Schriever, and that brings contract security requirements with it.
The shop floor on its own network
Machine controllers and the older PCs that run them kept on a separate segment from office email and the internet, so one phishing click cannot reach the floor.
Drawings and CAD files protected
Large design files in storage with access by project, versions kept, and backups that can restore a whole project, not just a folder.
Defense contract requirements
If you handle Controlled Unclassified Information, DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171 apply. We find the gaps, write the documentation and fix what needs fixing. See our defense compliance services.
Email that cannot be forged
Quotes, purchase orders and payment changes travel by email. SPF, DKIM and DMARC at enforcement stop mail forged in your name.
Remote access for engineers
Engineers working from home or a customer site get in through multi-factor sign-in, not an open remote desktop port.
Uptime you can plan around
A clear plan for the day a server, a switch or the internet connection fails, with the critical systems identified ahead of time.
What we found when we checked manufacturers and engineering firms email in El Paso and Teller County
In September 2026 we read the public email records of 821 local business domains that receive mail. These are the numbers for manufacturers and engineering firms. No business is named, here or anywhere.
Manufacturing and engineering domains could be impersonated by email (86%)
had no DMARC record at all, so nothing tells receiving servers to reject forged mail
were fully protected: SPF, DKIM and DMARC at enforcement
Start with the free email security check
Customers and suppliers act on quotes, purchase orders and payment details in email that carries your name. The check reads your domain’s public records and emails a plain-English report to an address at that domain, so it reaches the business that owns it and nobody else. Nothing is installed and nobody signs in to anything.
If it finds problems, we fix them for a fixed $495 per domain, done within a week of your go-ahead, with a before-and-after report. Run the check → · Read the full local report →
Which plan fits a manufacturer or engineering firm
Most shops and firms start with an Advisory project, a network or compliance review, then keep the safeguards running with Secure Office. Published prices, a $299 one-time setup on the monthly plans, and engineer time only with your OK. Compare all plans →
For network design, shop-floor segmentation and NIST SP 800-171 gap work, scoped in writing first.
- No monthly plan needed
- Remote work in 30-minute increments; on-site visits have a two-hour minimum
- After hours: $225/hr
- Projects scoped and approved in writing before work starts
For the ongoing safeguards: email security, accounts, monitoring and help desk. Example: 15 people = $774 a month.
- Everything in Front Desk, with 600 minutes and appointment booking
- Email security set up and kept at enforcement: SPF, DKIM and DMARC
- Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace security baseline: multi-factor sign-in, admin accounts locked down
- Domain, certificate and email records monitored daily, with a monthly report card
- Shared password vault and unlimited AI help desk
- Engineer time at $175/hr, only with your OK
If the front office misses calls: answered in your company’s name around the clock.
- Your calls answered 24/7 in your business’s name
- 250 minutes a month included, then $0.35 a minute
- Every call summarized and emailed to you: who called, what they need, how urgent
- Texts to your number read and summarized the same way
Projects we take on for manufacturers and engineering firms
Scoped and approved in writing before work starts, at $175/hr during business hours ($225/hr after hours). Remote work is billed in 30-minute increments; on-site visits have a two-hour minimum.
- Network design for the office and the shop floor, with segmentation and firewalls
- NIST SP 800-171 gap assessment, System Security Plan and plan of action
- File storage and backup sized for CAD and design files, with a tested restore
- Cabling and business WiFi for offices, shops and warehouses
- Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace security baseline
- Email security fixed and moved to enforcement
An honest note on scope
We do not program machines or support CAD and ERP software itself; we secure and connect the systems they run on. We help you prepare for a defense contract assessment, but we are not an assessment organization and cannot certify you. We do not migrate tenants into Microsoft’s government clouds.
We handle CUI. Where do we start?
With a gap assessment against NIST SP 800-171: what you have, what is missing, and a written plan to close it. Your System Security Plan and your self-assessment score are built from the same work.
Can you secure machines we cannot update?
Usually by isolating them: their own network segment, no internet access and only the connections they actually need. Replacing a controller is rarely the first step.
We already use Microsoft 365. Aren’t we protected?
Not by default. Microsoft 365 makes DKIM and DMARC available, but most businesses never turn them on. In our local research, only 2% of Microsoft 365 domains were fully protected.
Is there a contract?
Front Desk and Secure Office are month to month after setup. Project work is scoped and approved in writing, piece by piece.
Get a number for your company
Tell us about your company and we will come back with a preliminary range and a written scope. Published rates and a written scope before any work starts.
Thanks — that is on its way.
Your preliminary estimate is being prepared and will arrive by email within a few minutes. If it is urgent, call 719-451-1218.