Industries We Know Well
Deep expertise where compliance is on the line, and a warm welcome to every growing business that wants IT done right.
Where We Do Our Best Work
We go deepest in a few industries where compliance pressure is constant: manufacturing, financial services and private equity portfolio companies. The three below are where we've built the most muscle. They aren't a guest list. If you run a growing business facing a customer security audit, a cyber insurance renewal or an examiner visit, we'd like to talk, whatever your industry.
Manufacturing
Your customers are asking tougher security questions. Your production systems can't afford downtime. Your intellectual property is your competitive advantage.
Customer Security Questionnaires
Stop scrambling when your biggest customer sends a security audit. We help you build the documentation and controls that satisfy enterprise requirements.
Production System Protection
Ransomware doesn't care about your production schedule. We secure your ERP, engineering systems and business applications with tested backup and recovery.
Multi-Site Infrastructure
Consistent security and support across all your facilities, whether you have two locations or twenty.
NIST 800-171 Readiness
If a federal prime has flowed NIST 800-171 down to your contracts, we help you build the system security plan, close the control gaps and submit on the deadline. We support 800-171 readiness; we are not a CMMC C3PAO.
Why Manufacturers Choose Us
We Understand Manufacturing
After two decades on manufacturing floors, we know office IT and production systems are not the same animal, and we treat them that way.
Practical, Not Perfect
We build security programs that work for your budget and your operations, not theoretical frameworks you can't implement.
Ready When You Need Us
Production schedules don't pause for IT issues. We respond fast when production is on the line.
Reading for manufacturers
All manufacturing posts →May 26, 2026
POA&M for NIST 800-171, anatomy of a defensible plan of action
What a Plan of Action and Milestones actually contains, why assessors read it before the System Security Plan and how to build one that holds up under prime contractor and DoD review.
May 25, 2026
SPRS score, what the number means and how to move it
How the DoD Supplier Performance Risk System scores NIST 800-171 compliance, why most sub-contractors come in negative the first time and how to sequence the work to climb.
May 23, 2026
FCI vs CUI: the inventory question every sub-contractor avoids
What the distinction between Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information means in practice, and why getting the inventory right determines whether you owe 15 controls or 110.
Financial Services
Your regulators expect IT controls. Your clients expect their data protected. Your cyber insurance carrier keeps adding requirements. We help you get ahead of all of it, so none of it becomes a fire drill.
Examination Readiness
Be prepared for state regulators and FFIEC requirements. We build the documentation examiners expect to see.
Client Data Protection
Encryption, access controls and monitoring that protect sensitive financial information and satisfy compliance requirements.
Cyber Insurance Requirements
Meet the growing list of security controls your carrier requires for coverage.
SOC 2 Alignment
If your clients are asking for SOC 2 compliance, we help you understand what's required and build toward it.
Why Financial Firms Choose Us
Regulatory Experience
We've supported firms through state examinations and understand what regulators expect to see.
Client Data Protection
Encryption, access controls and monitoring that protect sensitive financial information.
Documentation That Satisfies
Evidence packages that make examination preparation straightforward, not stressful.
Reading for financial services operators
All financial services posts →July 3, 2026
Form ADV cybersecurity: making the disclosure true, not just prettier
How an RIA closes the gap between what its Form ADV Part 2A brochure says about cybersecurity and the controls actually running, and why an overstated disclosure is worse than a modest accurate one.
May 29, 2026
Accounting firm cybersecurity, IRS Pub 4557 and the FTC Safeguards Rule
What the IRS expects in a Written Information Security Plan, the nine elements the revised FTC Safeguards Rule actually requires and how the new 30-day breach notification rule changed the operational picture for tax preparers and accounting firms.
April 20, 2026
Cybersecurity for community banks and credit unions, the examiner's list
What FDIC, OCC, NCUA and state examiners actually look at when they review a community bank or credit union's cybersecurity posture, and what a credible program looks like at the mid-market asset level.
PE Portfolio Companies
Whether you're being acquired, separated from a parent company or preparing for exit, your IT infrastructure matters. We help portfolio companies move fast without breaking things.
IT Due Diligence Support
We help you answer the IT questions buyers ask or we help buyers understand what they're acquiring.
Carve-Out Execution
Separating from parent company IT is complex. We've done it before and know how to get it done on timeline.
Post-Acquisition Integration
Consolidating IT across acquisitions or building a consistent platform across the portfolio.
Exit Readiness
Building the IT infrastructure and documentation that protects valuation when it's time to sell.
Why PE-Backed Companies Choose Us
Speed Matters
Deal timelines are aggressive. We know how to move fast and deliver on schedule.
We've Done This Before
Experience with carve-outs, integrations and due diligence means fewer surprises.
Scalable Support
Whether you're 15 employees today or 150 in two years, we scale with you.
Reading for PE portfolio operators
All PE portfolio posts →May 11, 2026
PE diligence in food processing: what sponsors look for
The 10 cybersecurity diligence items that move price or kill deals in food processing PE transactions. Where dairy, meat and nut processors typically fail.
May 5, 2026
Detroit, PE portfolio cybersecurity in the sponsor-office corridor
Why the Detroit metro's sponsor-office density makes portfolio-company cybersecurity a different operating problem than it is in lower-density PE markets, and what works.
April 20, 2026
Cybersecurity and enterprise valuation, how much it actually matters
A practical view of how cybersecurity posture affects transaction outcomes, deal multipliers and retrade risk at mid-market PE exits, with honest ranges for the magnitude of impact.
Common questions
Which industries does Atticus Rowan focus on?
Three core verticals are featured on this page: compliance-regulated manufacturers, financial services firms (community banks, credit unions, RIAs, wealth managers and insurance agencies) and private equity portfolio companies. We also serve multi-site senior-care operators and professional-services firms (legal, accounting, engineering consulting) where the same compliance-first discipline applies.
Do you work with industries outside the three on this page?
Yes, when the operator fits our compliance-first profile. If your company faces customer security audits, cyber insurance scrutiny, regulatory examinations or enterprise procurement reviews, the engagement model applies regardless of vertical. We do not serve strict government clients (counties, sheriffs, public schools, public libraries, public health departments, state agencies).
How does your approach differ across industries?
The control focus shifts by vertical. Manufacturers emphasize production system protection, customer security questionnaires and cyber insurance renewal readiness. Financial firms emphasize examination readiness, FFIEC or SEC alignment and client-data protection. PE portfolio companies emphasize pre-close diligence, carve-out execution, post-close standardization and sponsor-facing reporting. The framework alignment (NIST CSF 2.0 most common) and baseline controls are consistent; the emphasis and documentation cadence flex by industry.
We're regulated but we're not manufacturing, finance or PE. Are we still a fit?
Almost certainly, yes. What matters to us isn't your industry label, it's whether you're facing real audit, examiner or customer-security pressure. If you are, let's talk.
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