Your Maintenance Data Stays Protected — Even as Others Get Breached
In August 2026, five U.S. federal agencies — CISA, the NSA, the FBI, the Department of Energy, and the EPA — issued a rare joint warning (Advisory AA26-231A): attackers are now using AI to hunt down and exploit internet-exposed industrial control systems, starting with Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers (PLCs). It’s a serious escalation — and a fair question to ask of any software that holds your data. eWorkOrders is a cloud-based CMMS, not an internet-exposed PLC or control system — so it isn’t in the line of fire. Your maintenance data lives inside a hardened, independently top-rated platform that already runs every defense the advisory calls for: network isolation, rapid patching, strict access controls, and round-the-clock monitoring.
The advisory’s real lesson is about speed. AI now lets attackers write working exploit code in minutes and scan the entire internet for weak targets — so security that was “good enough” yesterday no longer is. We built eWorkOrders for exactly this threat landscape — and had it independently verified to prove it. Here’s how the controls we run every single day line up, point for point, against what U.S. agencies now recommend.
What CISA Recommends — and What eWorkOrders Already Does
Isolated From the Internet
The advisory’s first rule is simple — keep systems off the public internet, behind a DMZ. eWorkOrders already works this way, running enterprise-grade data centers with DMZ architecture and network segmentation. As a result, it scores 100/100 on Network Security with zero exposed services.
Rapid, Proactive Patching
Known vulnerabilities need patching fast, and that is the advisory’s core demand. Because we treat patching as a standing discipline, eWorkOrders holds a perfect 100/100 Patching Cadence score and a 780/820 Bitsight rating.
Strong Access Controls
Who can reach a system matters as much as how it is built. So eWorkOrders combines keycard and biometric data-center access with least-privilege authorization and background-checked staff. In practice, no one reaches production without clearance and an escort.
Continuous Monitoring
You cannot defend what you do not watch. That is why eWorkOrders pairs proactive network management with independent, externally observable oversight from Bitsight and SecurityScorecard, around the clock.
Hardened Attack Surface
Every unused service is a door left open, so we close them. As a result, eWorkOrders earns a perfect 100 across all 10 SecurityScorecard categories, with zero breach-risk issues at any level.
Redundant, Recoverable Backups
Even a flawless defense needs a fallback. Therefore eWorkOrders writes your data across hardware-level RAID and ships daily backups offsite every night, so a clean, known-good copy always survives.
Source: Joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA26-231A, “Active Threat to Siemens S7 Series PLCs,” issued by NSA, CISA, FBI, DOE, and EPA (August 2026). Page last updated August 19, 2026.
Other Maintenance Software Providers Have Been Breached. eWorkOrders Hasn’t.
Security isn’t hypothetical. In fact, over just the past two years, multiple maintenance and CMMS vendors have disclosed data breaches or seen critical vulnerabilities published against their software — while eWorkOrders has had none. Below are the documented, on-the-record incidents, and where eWorkOrders stands.
Fiix (Rockwell Automation)
In September 2025, Fiix disclosed that an unauthorized party accessed data in its Salesforce instance through the compromised Salesloft Drift integration, exposing customer business-contact information. It was part of a supply-chain campaign that hit more than 700 organizations. Fiix stated its CMMS application itself was not affected — but customer data was still exposed through a connected system.
Brightly / SchoolDude
Brightly’s SchoolDude maintenance-management platform suffered a data breach that affected 2,964,292 people, exposing account and personal information. It remains one of the largest disclosed breaches involving maintenance-management software.
TCMAN GIM
Multiple vulnerabilities were disclosed in the GIM maintenance-management software (published by Spain’s INCIBE-CERT and the U.S. National Vulnerability Database), including flaws that could let unauthorized users manipulate passwords and permissions and create privileged accounts. They have since been patched.
eWorkOrders: no such breach, no such disclosure.
Independently verified and continuously monitored — a Bitsight rating of 780/820 and a perfect 100/A SecurityScorecard across all 10 categories, with zero breach-risk issues. The highest-rated CMMS for security, with a clean record.
Sources: Fiix security-incident disclosure (Sept 2025); Brightly/SchoolDude breach notification (2023, ~2,964,292 affected); INCIBE-CERT and NVD advisories on TCMAN GIM (2025). All figures reflect the vendors’ own disclosures and public vulnerability databases.
How We Keep Your Data Safe
At eWorkOrders, we build security into every layer — from the physical data-center floor to the network edge. Because these standards run every single day, your maintenance data stays secure, available, and yours.
Physical Security
First, we tightly control physical access: keycard and biometric scanning back up 24/7 interior and exterior surveillance. Only cleared, escorted personnel enter production areas. In addition, every employee passes a thorough background check before hire.
Conditioned Power & Uptime
Every server runs on N+1 redundant UPS power, so failover is instantaneous. In addition, on-site diesel generators cover extended outages, and we test them routinely to keep operations running no matter what.
Precision Environment
N+1 redundant HVAC fails over instantly, and the system recirculates and filters all data-center air every 90 seconds. On top of that, advanced fire suppression and dual-route ceiling cabling protect hardware at all times.
Servers & Storage
Hardware-level RAID Arrays write your data to multiple disks at once. Because we intentionally underutilize the quad-core processors, performance stays high. Meanwhile, all routing equipment sits in secured, redundant rooms.
Data Backups
Every evening, we export your database to a secure backup file. Then those files go to tape and travel to an offsite backup server daily, so your data stays protected even in a worst-case scenario.
A Perfect SecurityScorecard “A” Rating — 100/100
SecurityScorecard has awarded eWorkOrders a perfect score of 100 across every category, with zero high, medium, or low breach-risk issues. As the world’s largest cybersecurity rating platform, moreover, SecurityScorecard is trusted by thousands of organizations to continuously monitor the security posture of their vendors, partners, and competitors.
SecurityScorecard is the gold standard in continuous security ratings. In fact, insurance carriers, Fortune 1000 enterprises, financial institutions, and government agencies use it to evaluate the cyber health of any organization — without ever speaking to them.
Because ratings draw only on externally observable, non-intrusive data across ten critical security factors, there is no self-reporting, no questionnaire, and no checklist. Instead, you get an objective, real-world measurement of how secure an organization actually is right now.
So eWorkOrders scoring a perfect 100 in every category, with zero breach-risk issues at any level, carries real weight. Again, that is not a claim we make about ourselves; rather, it is what SecurityScorecard’s independent analysis determined. See the full breakdown below.
Top Performance Across Every Security Category
Across every major cybersecurity category, eWorkOrders achieved the highest-tier rating. In short, that result reflects the rigorous practices we have built, maintained, and continually improved.
The Highest Security Rating of Any CMMS Provider
eWorkOrders has earned a Bitsight Security Rating of 780 out of 820 — the highest of any CMMS provider on the platform. Because Bitsight is the independent standard that insurers, Fortune 500 firms, banks, and government agencies rely on worldwide, that score reflects a genuinely measured security posture rather than a marketing claim.
Bitsight is the gold standard for independent cybersecurity measurement. So when an insurer weighs coverage, when a bank evaluates a vendor, or when a government agency vets a technology partner, they turn to Bitsight. As a result, it has become the most widely trusted third-party security rating in the world.
Every Bitsight rating rests entirely on externally observable data — objective, automated analysis drawing from over 120 sources worldwide. Because there is no self-reporting, no questionnaire, and no bias, you get a real-world measurement of how secure an organization actually is.
Think of it like a credit score for cybersecurity. Since the scale runs from 300 to 820 and the average is 720, our 780 lands well above average — and the highest of any CMMS provider. Again, that verdict comes from independent, objective analysis, not from us.
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