Manufacturing and Logistics

Manufacturing & Logistics

Manufacturing and Logistics

Manufacturing and logistics make up one of the most important assets of the US economy. Within this sector the United States is the world's largest manufacturing economy, producing 21 percent of global manufactured products, which China in second at 15 percent and Japan in third at 12 percent. US manufacturing produces $1.6 trillion of value each year, or 11.2 percent of the U.S. GDP, and creates an estimated 18.6 million jobs. U.S. manufacturers are the most productive workers in the world, more than twice as productive as workers in the next ten leading manufacturing economies. As a sector manufacturing and logistics are the backbone of the supply chain that moves products and service from supplier to customer around the world.

The Security and Compliance Landscape

Manufacturing and logistics organizations must also comply with government and industry standards including HIPAA, and PCI, and protect sensitive supply chain data. These legal and regulatory requirements result in complex risks that are increasingly more pronounced as the sector expands the use of technology enablers such as RFID, mobile connectivity, online procurement, and payment gateways. The threat landscape is rapidly changing with hackers targeting sensitive supply chain information that is often sold to the highest bidder. Potential losses as a result of a breach are significant. In addition to regulatory fines, lawsuits, and notification costs one of most valuable assets, the organization's reputation, may also be severely affected.

While this sector is no stranger to regulations the challenges have heightened the importance of effective IT security to continue to provide the confidential and accurate flow of information and keep economies growing. The complex information flow between multiple parties across the supply chain is essential to success. Information technology systems have a huge impact on supply interruption, delivery performance, cost and efficiency, regulatory compliance, and legal risks. Today organizations of all sizes in this sector need not only tough security but also the ability to validate compliance to a broad audience of stakeholders. TrustNet´s industry experts understand these challenges and help organizations to mitigate these risks and provide the most effective and efficient security and compliance solutions. Organizations around the world place their trust in TrustNet to provide security and compliance solutions.

How TrustNet Helps Manufacturing and Logistic Companies

Security-as-a-Service

The iTrust security management platform protects computer networks from unauthorized use and malicious attacks from both internal and external sources. iTrust continuously and proactively monitors all network access points enabling IT managers to rapidly identify security issues and eliminate network vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. The system provides transparent, unobtrusive, continuous, surveillance, interception, and response to security threats. The cloud and appliance based security-as-a-service is designed for organizations with limited in-house security resources who face the same type of threats as large enterprises. The iTrust security management platform is delivered as an on-demand Web service and fulfills both security and compliance objectives significantly more cost-effectively than traditional enterprise software and hardware.