Retail orders only arrive electronically
If inventory management fails, you can no longer see what has to go where and when. Delivery routes, delivery notes and invoices depend on the same system.
IT security for food and beverage producers
How secure is your brewery or food production? In three days you will know.
For the management of breweries, beverage and food producers, and bakeries and butchers with their own production. We review your entire IT, from inventory management and retail orders to the computers at the filling line and in cold storage, together with your IT or your IT provider. We then close the gaps and, if you wish, look after security on an ongoing basis. We only make changes after your approval.
- For whom
- Breweries, beverage and food producers, bakeries and butchers with their own production
- First step
- IT security check on site, three days, we change nothing
- In scope
- Inventory management, retail orders, production and filling, temperature monitoring, batch records
- Then
- Implement, ongoing care, or a documented handover to your IT
- Price
- Fixed price for the IT security check, quoted after the introductory call
Sound familiar?
Typical situations in food production
In recent years breweries and food producers in Germany have also been hit by ransomware and had to work on paper for days or weeks. You do not need a technical background for a conversation with us.
Cooling and filling are on the network
Temperature monitoring, the filling line and label printing run on computers that the vendor maintains remotely. Whether they are separated from the office network, nobody has checked for a long time.
Peak season leaves no room for downtime
Before public holidays, in barbecue season or at harvest time every day counts. How long you could produce, deliver and prove batches without IT has often never been tested.
How does working together start?
You start with a manageable step at a fixed price and decide afterwards how to continue. We schedule the on-site visit outside your peak times.
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30 minutes
Introductory call
You speak directly with Bastian Wenske, founder and managing director. We clarify what runs at your company and when an on-site visit fits.
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3 days, fixed price
IT security check
On site we review network, servers, workstations, cloud, backups, inventory management and the connections to production and cooling. We change nothing.
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Based on findings
Secure
Close the largest gaps first, done by your IT, your IT provider or us.
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Your choice
Ongoing care or handover
We look after security on an ongoing basis, or your IT takes it over with documentation.
How long could you keep delivering without IT?
The IT security check shows in writing where your business is exposed and what to do first. At a fixed price.
Two paths
We look after it, or your IT takes it over
Both paths lead to the same standard. After the check you decide which one fits your business.
We look after security for you
At a fixed monthly price we review security alerts, respond to incidents and report to you every month on what has happened. Access, data and documentation stay with you.
Managed SecurityWe hand over to your IT with documentation
We implement the measures and hand them over to your IT team or your IT provider with documentation and written instructions.
About the IT security checkFrequently asked questions
Surely we are far too small for hackers?
No. Most attacks are automated and hit whoever has an open access point or an outdated system. For food producers, goods spoil and deliveries fail when the IT stops, and that is exactly what extortionists count on. In recent years breweries and food producers in Germany have experienced this too.
Will the check disrupt production or filling?
No. We read out settings and look at how office, production and cooling are connected, without changing anything. We do not touch the plant, and we schedule the visit outside your peak times.
Could we still prove batches and temperatures after an attack?
That depends on where this data is held and how it is backed up. In the check we review whether traceability and temperature records survive an IT outage and whether the backup can actually be restored.
What does it cost?
The IT security check has a fixed price that depends on the size of your IT. You receive the written quote after the introductory call, before the check begins. What follows is your decision, with the report in hand.
Our IT provider already takes care of this, does it not?
Your provider keeps inventory management and the office running, and that should stay as it is. The check is an independent second opinion. Your provider receives the findings with their location and can start implementing straight away, or we do it in agreement with them.
What do we do if we are attacked tomorrow?
Call us, even if it is only a suspicion and even if you are not yet a customer. Decide who is in charge, record every step with the time and check the reporting obligations in your cyber insurance policy. The first steps are on our page “Suspected cyberattack”.
Let's talk about your IT security
In the introductory call (30 minutes, no obligation) we clarify:
- where your company stands today and what concerns you most
- which next step makes sense for your organisation
- what effort and price range to expect
Bastian Wenske
Founder & Managing Director
Prefer to reach out directly? Send us an email at [email protected].
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