Manufacturing
The manufacturing sector touches all aspects of our lives. From the clothes we wear, the cars we drive, to the electronics we can’t live without, manufacturing helps make our lifestyle possible. For manufacturers to maintain their competitive edge, they are connecting their network-based smart Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices that can collect and transmit vital manufacturing information for real-time analysis from anywhere in the operational technology (OT) environment. This has increased productivity and helped manufacturers gain efficiencies across the board. However, as these machines become more connected via the internet, new opportunities for cyberattack have increased ten-fold.
The NCCoE is working alongside manufacturing stakeholders and technology innovators to develop practical example solutions and community profiles to address the sector’s more pressing cybersecurity challenge.
Security Guidance
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Manufacturing Supply Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Related Technologies
This project is implementing supply chain component traceability across industry blockchain enabled ecosystems of manufacturers and will inform supply chain visibility for critical infrastructures.Reviewing Comments -
Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Semiconductor Manufacturing
A unified approach to identify and prioritize opportunities for managing cybersecurity risks in the semiconductor manufacturing industry.Soliciting Comments -
Responding to and Recovering from a Cyber Attack: Cybersecurity for the Manufacturing Sector
An approach for cybersecurity incident response and recovery in a manufacturing environmentPreparing Draft -
Protecting Information and System Integrity in Industrial Control System Environments
Demonstrated practice example solutions that manufacturers can use to protect their ICS from data integrity attacks and documented in NIST SP 1800-10, Protecting Information and System Integrity in Industrial Control System EnvironmentsFinalized Guidance -
Securing Manufacturing Industrial Control Systems: Behavioral Anomaly Detection
Demonstrated examples of behavioral anomaly detection and prevention mechanisms according to the concepts and tenets documented in NISTIR 8219 Securing Manufacturing Industrial Control Systems: Behavioral Anomaly DetectionFinalized Guidance -
Security Segmentation in a Small Manufacturing Environment
An approach that manufacturers can follow to implement security segmentation and mitigate cyber vulnerabilities in their manufacturing environments.Finalized Guidance
NCCoE Operational Technology Security Series
Without robust security, Operational Technology (OT) systems are vulnerable to cyber attacks. The NCCoE created the OT Security Series to assist organizations in securing their OT systems.
The first publication in the series is now available. The series two-pager NIST SP 1334, Reducing the Cybersecurity Risks of Portable Storage Media in OT Environments provides cybersecurity considerations to help manufacturers and operators of operational technology use USB storage devices securely and effectively.
Please email the team at [email protected] with comments and future series topics/ideas. The comment period for this two-pager closes on August 14, 2025.
Join the Community of Interest
A Community of Interest (COI) is a group of professionals and advisors who share business insights, technical expertise, challenges, and perspectives to guide NCCoE projects. COIs often include experts, innovators, and everyday users of cybersecurity and privacy technologies. Share your expertise and consider becoming a member of this project's COI.
A Look Inside the NCCoE's Manufacturing Lab
Step inside the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence’s (NCCoE’s) Manufacturing Sector Cybersecurity Lab and learn what we’re working on to develop practical example solutions to address the sector’s more pressing cybersecurity challenges.
NCCoE Manufacturing Lab
