For the operators who keep the line running tonight.
A live briefing for mid-market US manufacturers. IT/OT convergence, ransomware risk, CMMC compliance, plant-floor AI. Practitioner grade. No vendor jargon.
The Briefing / May 12, 2026
Three things on every plant manager's desk this week.
Exposure Brief / Weekly OT Attacks
Ransomware on the plant floor, quintupled in 24 months.
Mid-market manufacturers went from 14 incidents per week in 2024 to 47 per week today. Pick your plant profile to see the concrete dollars and probabilities for the next 12 months.
Your plant profile
Peers of your profile are 2.8% of the way into a 12-month exposure window. 73% of incidents start at an unsegmented PLC.
Map my exposure in 2 daysThe Monday Morning Briefing
Six calls we get every Monday from plants like yours.
This is not a marketing pitch. These are the actual words operators say when they call us. Pick the one that matches your week and we will show you how Flynaut handles it, then put a working session on the calendar with the engineer who would run it.
The Mid-Market IT/OT Maturity Curve
Plot your plant on the curve in 60 seconds.
Five stages, calibrated against 200+ mid-market US manufacturing engagements. Answer three questions and we will show you exactly where you sit, how your peers stack up, and the one investment that moves you up a stage fastest.
Your position on the curve
0 of 3 answered
Stage A
Reactive
Stage B
Foundational
Stage C
Developing
Stage D
Established
Stage E
Leading
Peer group
28% of mid-market
Reactive
Peer group
34% of mid-market
Foundational
Peer group
24% of mid-market
Developing
Peer group
11% of mid-market
Established
Peer group
3% of mid-market
Leading
Q1/3
OT visibility
How well does your IT team see what happens on the plant floor?
Q2/3
Compliance posture
Where are you on CMMC, NIST CSF 2.0, or TISAX?
Q3/3
AI and data
What is the state of plant-floor AI and data projects?
Tools and Calculators
Decision tools built for plant-floor economics.
Not generic SaaS calculators. Models tuned on 200+ mid-market manufacturing engagements. Get a CFO-defensible number in minutes, not a 10-week consultant engagement.
Ransomware Exposure Calculator
Five inputs. See your 12-month breach probability, dollar exposure, and the top three defenses that move the number most.
IT/OT TCO Comparison
Legacy vs modernized stack, 3 years side by side. Infrastructure, people, security, and downtime costs with breakeven month.
CMMC 2.0 Readiness Quiz
15 questions mapped to NIST SP 800-171. Scores your readiness band (Level 2 ready / 6-mo gap / 12-mo journey) with top 3 gaps.
Manufacturing ROI Calculator
Four inputs: profile, provider mix, spend, risks. See 3-year savings from consolidating IT, Security, Development, and Audit into a Build + Protect partnership.
Plant-Floor AI Payback Calculator
Pick a use case (vision QC, predictive maintenance, energy). Enter plant metrics. Get payback in months with confidence bands.
Resource Library / 24 entries
Everything for mid-market manufacturing, at a glance.
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Practitioner-grade playbooks, on the house.
Free Build + Protect Manufacturing Assessment
Want a 6-layer scorecard for your facility? Two days. On-site. No active scanning of production.
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