The security vocabulary of mid-market manufacturing.
Sixty terms, defined for the founder, owner, or CTO who has to make the decision. Each one answers the question directly, then explains what it means for a manufacturer with a physical facility and a distributed workforce.
Written by the operators who run the engagements, not a content team. Every entry maps to ARG's physical-audit and continuous-simulation model.
Adversarial Simulation
Continuous, adversary-modeled testing and the engagement formats around it.
- What is adversarial simulation?T2 · Service
- What is a red team engagement?T1 · Service
- What is breach and attack simulation (BAS)?T1 · Service
- What is continuous penetration testing?T1 · Service
- What is purple teaming?T2 · Service
- What is assumed-breach testing?T2 · Service
- What is adaptive simulation?T2 · Service
Social Engineering and Phishing
The human attack surface: email, voice, SMS, and the pretexts behind them.
- What is spear phishing?T1 · Attack
- What is vishing?T1 · Attack
- What is smishing?T1 · Attack
- What is business email compromise (BEC)?T1 · Attack
- What is pretexting?T2 · Attack
- What is a phishing simulation?T1 · Service
- What is consent phishing (OAuth phishing)?T2 · Attack
- What is an MFA fatigue attack?T2 · Attack
Physical Security
On-site attack techniques and the audits that test them.
OSINT and Reconnaissance
How attackers assemble public information into an attack plan, and how to measure your exposure.
Manufacturing and OT Security
Operational technology, industrial control systems, and the supply chain that connects them.
- What is operational technology (OT) security?T1 · Tech
- What is the IT/OT convergence problem?T2 · Tech
- What is an industrial control system (ICS)?T1 · Tech
- What is SCADA security?T1 · Tech
- What is a PLC (programmable logic controller) attack?T2 · Attack
- What is the Purdue Model?T2 · Framework
- What is a supply chain attack?T1 · Attack
- What is third-party risk for manufacturers?T2 · Framework
Risk Management and Compliance
The frameworks and artifacts that organize a security program for manufacturers.
Incident Response
Preparing for, detecting, and recovering from the incident before it happens.
Identity, Access and Authentication
The migration from weak MFA to phishing-resistant authentication, and the controls that limit blast radius.
AI-Driven Threats
How AI has collapsed the cost of targeted attacks against mid-market manufacturers.
Cyber Insurance
How cyber risk is priced, and where security testing meets the underwriting that prices it.