Industries / Sawmills & forestry

Protect the line, the OT, and the office for operations where a stoppage is expensive by the hour.

Mills blend office IT with operational technology — PLCs, scanners, optimization systems — on networks that were never segmented. The cost of downtime is high and the legacy gear is unforgiving, which makes ransomware containment and recovery a board-level concern.

Where the risk actually lands

  • Flat networks put OT one click from the office

    When the mill-floor controls share a network with email and accounting, a phishing click can reach the line. Segmentation and monitored EDR keep the blast radius small.

  • Legacy and unpatched systems linger

    Optimization and control systems often run old, unpatchable Windows. They can't always be replaced — but they can be isolated, monitored, and backed up.

  • Hourly downtime cost raises the stakes

    A mill that's down is bleeding money fast. Tested recovery, a named incident-response plan, and tabletop exercises turn a crisis into a procedure.

See where you stand in 5 minutes

The free Risk Report tells you which gaps are most urgent for a business like yours — before any conversation.