Engineering firms play a critical role in building (and protecting) national infrastructure. Every piece of national infrastructure...damns, bridges, buildings, roads, power plants, etc. has its plans stored at an engineering firm. Our enemies know this. While it is true that some of the larger engineering firms have done a good job protecting the data they are responsible for, the great majority of engineering firms have sadly neglected their responsibilities in this area. Many of these firms do DoD related work which increases the risk. As a result, these firms have exposed their clients, themselves, and our nation to much unnecessary cybersecurity and regulatory risk. Thankfully, the DoD and other clients are finally getting their act together and starting to demand that engineering firms prove their cybersecurity capabilities before contracts are awarded. Smart firms see this shift coming and are getting out in front of it in order to meet their responsibilities, reduce risk, and get at the front of the line for new business.

Additionally, engineering firms that do not protect their assets within a professional security environment are unintentionally decreasing the value of their companies. Cybersecurity is now a critical component of business valuations. See our cover story article in the NACVA publication.

And the necessary move to more remote work is increasing these risks because remote work increases the attack surface into your networksand those of your clients. We urge you to take a close look at our free Remote Work Cybersecurity Program. It will help you address this new business risk.

Also, please take a look at our Turnkey Cybersecurity & Privacy Programs that match your business size and other requirements. We offer the only comprehensive, turnkey programs for small to medium sized businesses such as yours. Our programs include direct hands-on support from us to ensure that you are actually able to build a program that protects the data you are responsible for. If applicable to your situation, we find that 800-171 and CMMC compliance is impossible for small companies without hands-on support and documentation.