Cybersecurity Tools & Guides

Each downloadable piece featured below is a fully-detailed, actionable resource that's part of a larger collection of cybersecurity content available to our clients in the IANS platform.

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Ask-An-Expert Writeup Management and Leadership

Network Macro-Segmentation Recommendations for Manufacturing

This Ask-an-Expert Writeup provides actionable guidance for building a scalable macro-segmentation strategy, with recommendations for OT isolation, cloud environments, data centers, and critical workloads.

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Article Management and Leadership

Production at Risk: A Manufacturing CISO's Playbook for Agentic AI Governance

This article provides actionable guidance to help manufacturing security leaders govern AI agents, strengthen identity controls, and build the data governance foundation required for safe AI adoption.

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Article Management and Leadership

From Plant Floor to Boardroom: A Manufacturing CISO's Leadership Playbook

This article provides practical guidance to help manufacturing CISOs strengthen board engagement, secure OT security funding, and build a more resilient security culture across the organization.

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The Manufacturing CISO's GRC Playbook: IT, OT, and Supply Chain

This article provides a practical playbook for CISOs looking to streamline compliance, strengthen third-party oversight, and build a more scalable GRC program across IT, OT, and supply chain environments.

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Evaluating and Customizing Third-Party Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management Tools

Legacy vendor risk tools lack transparency, actionable insights, and integration across enterprise risk functions. As third-party ecosystems expand, CISOs need scalable, data-driven platforms that align vendor risk with broader enterprise risk management.
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Developing a Practical, Scalable Security Road Map for OT and ICS

A practitioner's guide to prioritizing segmentation and resilience in ICS environments—for security leaders who need a roadmap the operations team will actually support.
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Presenting Impactful IAM and PAM Metrics to Executive Leadership and the Board

How to translate identity and access data into production downtime risk and financial impact—so executives see the cost of stopped, not a security dashboard.
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Ask-An-Expert Call Summary Governance, Risk Management and Compliance

Refining Vendor Risk Assessment and Tiering Criteria to Build GRC Program Maturity

How to tier supplier risk across complex manufacturing supply chains so the highest-risk vendors—those with direct OT access or intellectual property exposure—get the scrutiny they warrant.
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Preparing for Phase Two of an ISO 27001 Audit

How manufacturers are structuring audit evidence and data management so the certification process protects operations—rather than pulling resources away from them.
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