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INDUSTRY · Manufacturing

Protect the designs your competitors want most.

Product designs, formulas, and process IP are the value of a manufacturer, and a prime target for theft. BlackFog ADX stops that data leaving the endpoint in real-time, across engineering, office, and plant devices.

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THE MANUFACTURING BIND

Your IP is portable,
and people move.

Designs and process knowledge live in files that can be copied in seconds, by insiders, supply-chain partners, and attackers alike.

Perimeter tools watch the corporate network, but IP can leave through AI tools and engineering laptops off-site. The endpoint provides control at the point of data movement, and that is where ADX enforces.

WHERE IP LEAKS

Four everyday moments that lose a trade secret.

These transfers can happen beyond the visibility of traditional network and cloud controls. Each is stopped on the endpoint, in real-time, by ADX.

SHADOW AI

Designs into AI assistants

An engineer pastes specs or code into a consumer AI tool to solve a problem, exposing IP to an unsanctioned service.

ADX → sees AI-bound design data on the device and blocks it before it sends.

EXFILTRATION

CAD files to personal cloud

A departing engineer copies drawings or formulas to a personal cloud drive.

ADX → blocks unsanctioned transfer of design data at the source.

RANSOMWARE

Extortion plus production halt

Attackers steal IP first, then encrypt, threatening both a leak and a line stoppage.

ADX → stops the outbound exfiltration, so there is nothing to leak or extort.

OFF-NETWORK

Plants and field engineers

Engineering laptops operate on plant networks and off-site, far from central controls.

ADX → uns on-device with no VPN, so protection travels with the device.

OT-ADJACENT & LEGACY

Built for the plant floor, not just the office

Manufacturing estates mix modern laptops with legacy and OT-adjacent systems. ADX is a lightweight on-device agent that deploys across the estate without disrupting production.

WHY THE ENDPOINT

Built for how manufacturers actually operate.

ON-DEVICE

No cloud connectivity required

Prevention happens on the device, so segmented plant networks and offline endpoints stay protected.

PRIVACY BY DESIGN

Protects intellectual property without collecting it

ADX evaluates where data is going without collecting the IP it protects.

WORKS ALONGSIDE

Complements your existing stack

ADX adds the exfiltration prevention layer next to the tools you already run.

COMPLIANCE

Evidence for ITAR, CMMC, and IP protection.

ADX aligns to relevant security and data protection requirements, turning IP-protection duties into demonstrable controls.

ITAR / EAR

Prevent controlled technical data leaving the endpoint or reaching foreign destinations.

RCMMC / NIST 800-171

Protect controlled unclassified information across defense supply-chain devices.

Trade-secret defense

On-device logging of prevented transfers supports IP-theft evidence.

Data minimization

A minimal-footprint agent that never collects the data it protects.

“A manufacturer’s competitive edge fits in a single CAD file. The last place to keep it from leaving is the endpoint.”

Dr. Darren Williams, CEO BlackFog

See the design data leaving your endpoints.

Run a free data exposure assessment across your engineering and plant devices, in under two weeks.

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