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Why Manufacturing Companies Are Switching to Espresso Labs — And Not Going Back

Manufacturing is no longer “just” physical.

Your CNC machine talks to a Windows box.
That Windows box talks to email.
Email talks to the internet.
And the internet talks back.

Ransomware targeting manufacturing jumped 61% heading into 2026. That’s not abstract.
That’s a shift supervisor staring at frozen screens at 4:12am while production bleeds cash by the minute.

If you run a mid-market plant, here’s the uncomfortable truth: you probably don’t have a 24/7 security team. You probably have one IT person juggling printers, patches, Wi-Fi complaints, and compliance spreadsheets. And you definitely don’t have time for a cyber incident.

That’s why manufacturers are moving to EspressoLabs.

Not because it’s trendy.
Because it works.

The Hidden Risk: IT and OT Now Live in the Same House

Operational Technology (OT) used to be isolated. Now your PLCs, CNC schedulers, and shop-floor systems share network space with laptops, email, and cloud apps.

That convergence is powerful. It’s also dangerous.

Here’s the pattern we see over and over:

• Legacy machines connected to modern networks
• Antivirus installed but not centrally managed
• Backups configured but never tested
• Compliance obligations (CMMC, HIPAA, SOC 2) understood in theory, not enforced in practice
• Zero visibility outside business hours

When something triggers at 11pm Sunday, what happens?
If the answer is “we’ll see it Monday,” you don’t have security. You have hope.

Espresso Labs replaces hope with response.

What “24/7 Protection” Actually Means in Practice

Most vendors give you alerts.
Espresso Labs gives you action.

An AI-powered agent runs across your environment continuously. When it detects suspicious behavior, it doesn’t just send a notification — it isolates the device, blocks the threat, and escalates to a live human team.

Real-world example:

A machining company running 24/7 had ransomware initiate on a scheduling workstation at 3:14am. The infected device was isolated automatically. Malicious processes were terminated. The incident was reviewed by the security team before shift change.

At 6am, production continued as usual.
No scramble. No plant-wide shutdown. No executive panic call.
That’s the difference between monitoring and management.

And your team gets something equally important: a conversational IT agent that employees can message directly. Password reset? Access issue? Software install? They get help immediately instead of waiting in a ticket queue.

Result: fewer interruptions to production, less pressure on internal IT.

Tool Sprawl Is Expensive (and Fragile)

Walk into most mid-sized manufacturing environments and you’ll find:

• Endpoint protection from one vendor
• Firewall from another
• Backup software from a third
• MDM from a fourth
• A compliance consultant “on call”
• And an IT person duct-taping it all together

Every tool has a renewal. Every tool has a dashboard. None of them talk cleanly to each other.

Espresso Labs consolidates IT, cybersecurity, backup, device management, and compliance into one managed platform.

Manufacturers typically report 40%+ savings after switching — not just on licenses, but on internal time and avoided hires.

One electronics manufacturer with ~85 employees reduced ~$12K/year in scattered tooling plus partial IT overhead into one predictable monthly service — with better coverage than before.

The real gain isn’t just cost.
It’s cognitive load.

Your plant manager shouldn’t be thinking about patch cycles.

Compliance Without the Fire Drill

If you’re in defense, you care about CMMC.
If you touch health data, you care about HIPAA.
If you sell to enterprise customers, SOC 2 is coming.

Traditional compliance looks like this:

• Hire consultant
• Pull logs manually
• Screenshot settings
• Build spreadsheets
• Panic before audit

Espresso Labs flips that model.

Controls are enforced continuously. Evidence is collected automatically. Documentation stays audit-ready year-round.

When an auditor asks for proof that devices enforce password policy or encryption, you don’t scramble. You export.

One plastics manufacturer needed CMMC alignment in under 90 days to close an OEM contract. Instead of diverting operations to compliance busywork, they used pre-built playbooks, automated control enforcement, and ongoing logging to reach readiness without derailing production.

Compliance becomes a system — not an event.

The Strategic Shift

Manufacturers don’t build their own power plants.

They consume electricity as a managed utility because reliability matters more than tinkering.

IT and cybersecurity are heading the same direction.

Espresso Labs turns security into an always-on service:

• Continuous monitoring
• Automated threat containment
• Human oversight
• Integrated compliance
• Predictable pricing

For operations leaders, the outcome is simple:

Less downtime risk.
Less tool chaos.
Less dependency on one overworked IT hero.

More resilience.

And resilience is a competitive advantage when your competitors are still one phishing email away from shutting down a line.
One compromised laptop can freeze an assembly line. One well-designed security layer can make sure it doesn’t.

Manufacturing has already digitized. Now it’s time to operationalize security like you operationalize production: systemically, continuously, intelligently.

That’s the shift.

Be strong.

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On ITSPmagazine hashtag#Webinars:
🚨 94% of hashtag#ransomware victims had their hashtag#backups attacked.
Let that sink in for a moment.

Organizations spend thousands on backup solutions. They follow best practices. They sleep better thinking their data is safe. But here's the uncomfortable truth: if your storage can be compromised, it will be.

In our latest ITSPmagazine webinar, I sat down with Sean Martin, CISSP and Anthony Cusimano from Object First to expose a critical gap in most backup strategies.

The statistics are not looking good:
→ 93% of hashtag#cyberattacks specifically target hashtag#backupstorage
→ Most "immutable" solutions aren't really immutable at all
→ Organizations don't even realize their backups are sitting ducks

As Anthony revealed: "People don't even know what they don't know."
The ransomware playbook is devastatingly simple: take out the backups, hold companies hostage, get paid. And here's the kicker - many attackers have no idea how to actually restore the data even after receiving the ransom.

This conversation isn't just about technology. It's about protecting livelihoods, businesses, and the people who depend on them.

Ready for the complete deep dive on ransomware-proof backups and absolute immutability?

🎯 Watch the teaser and then go for the full webinar: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/an-itspmagazine-webinar-with-object-first-august-2025

What's your organization's backup reality check story?
When was the last time you tested your recovery process?

Or you can go (and subscribe) on our ITSPmagazine YouTube Channel to watch our exclusive teaser that breaks down why your backup strategy might be failing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqbd-Tg3aHI

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Ransomware Attacks Target 94% of Company Backups | Why Your Cybersecurity May Be Failing

94% of ransomware victims had their backups attacked. 93% of cyber attacks specifically target backup storage. Yet most people aren't even concerned about this.
In this eye-opening teaser from our ITSPmagazine webinar, cybersecurity expert Anthony Cusimano from Object First reveals why most "immutable" backup solutions aren't really immutable at all - and why that could destroy your business.

Ransomware Attacks Target 94% of Company Backups | Why Your Cybersecurity May Be Failing

#ransomwareprotection #cybersecurity #ransomwareattacks #cybersecurityawareness #dataprotection #backupstorage #absoluteimmutability #ObjectFirst #cyberthreats #datarecovery #veeam

https://youtu.be/kqbd-Tg3aHI

https://youtu.be/kqbd-Tg3aHI

🎙️ One more On Location recording from #RSAC2025 — and this one is all about standing strong against #ransomwareattacks!

🚀 New Brand Story from #RSAC 2025: When Ransomware Strikes — Will Your Backups Hold the Line?

At RSA Conference 2025, Sean Martin, CISSP sat down with Sterling Wilson, Field CTO at Object First, to talk about why #backupsecurity is becoming a critical front line in the fight against ransomware.

🔐 When ransomware attacks, your backups are either your last hope—or your biggest vulnerability.

Find out how Object First is helping organizations ensure their backup systems are truly ready to stand up under pressure.

🎙️ Watch, listen, or read the full story here:
👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/their-stories/when-ransomware-strikes-will-your-backups-hold-the-line-a-brand-story-with-sterling-wilson-from-object-first-an-on-location-rsac-conference-2025-brand-story

📌 Learn more about Object First’s work:
👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/directory/object-first

🛰️ See all our RSAC 2025 coverage:
👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/rsac25

🌟 Discover more Brand Stories from innovative companies:
👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/brand-story

🎥🎙️ This is just one of the many incredible conversations we recorded On Location in San Francisco, as Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli covered the event as official media partners for the 11th year in a row.
Stay tuned for more Brand Stories, Briefings, and candid conversations from RSAC 2025!

🎤 Looking ahead:
If your company would like to share your story with our audiences On Location, we're gearing up for #InfosecurityEurope in June and #BlackHatUSA in August!

⚡ RSAC 2025 sold out fast — we expect the same for these next events.

🎯 Reserve your full sponsorship or briefing now: https://www.itspmagazine.com/purchase-programs

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🎉 Happy Friday, Bareos Community! 🎉

We're excited to share our tutorial on installing Bareos on Windows. 🖥️🔒

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📢 Presenting our guide on data backup strategies! 💾 Discover essential tips to protect your business from data loss, ransomware, and cyber threats. Don’t wait until it’s too late—secure your data now! 🔐

Read the guide https://tinyurl.com/4shekbnv

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Just Posted: Gestalt IT's article on Cloud Field Day highlights Zerto 10's real-time detection features for preventing data encryption, enabling fast discovery and action to stop attacks, as well as enhanced capabilities like the cyber resilience vault, secure appliance, and protection for Azure at scale.
https://gestaltit.com/tech-field-day/sulagna/preventing-attack-escalation-with-real-time-encryption-detection-in-the-new-zerto-10/
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How Does a Ransomware Negotiation Work? - Criminals have always held people hostage to get what they want. In the modern dig... - https://readwrite.com/how-does-a-ransomware-negotiation-work/ #ransomwareprotection #dataandsecurity #cybersecurity #cyberattack #negotiation #ransomware #readwrite

Air-Gapping in the Cloud: A Buzz or Necessity? - Air-gapping is becoming more and more common in the data protection and backup and... - https://readwrite.com/2022/01/21/air-gapping-in-the-cloud-a-buzz-or-necessity/ #ransomwareprotection #itinfrastructure #dataandsecurity #dataprotection #datasecurity #air-gapping #cloud #tech #work