IT for automotive suppliers: delivery-capable, audit-ready, TISAX-ready

If you supply the automotive industry, the OEMs' requirements get passed down to you contractually: information-security evidence, audit clauses, and increasingly the expectation of a TISAX assessment – reinforced by the catalog change to VDA ISA2027 with tightened supply-chain controls. At the same time, the industry's just-in-time logic forgives no downtime: an IT outage quickly becomes a delivery delay with contractual consequences.

sector7 comes from the supplier landscape: our office is in Solingen, right between the tool industry in Remscheid, the locking-technology region of Velbert/Heiligenhaus, and the plastics suppliers of the Oberbergisches. The mix of manufacturing, family business, and OEM audit is everyday work for us – we understand the auditor's question and configure the firewall behind it ourselves.

What matters for Automotive Suppliers

  1. B-09Regulation & ComplianceTISAX without bureaucratic overkill: gap analysis against the VDA ISA catalog, a prioritized action plan, technical implementation, and assessment preparation – the same measures then serve as the foundation for ISO 27001.
  2. B-04Cyber Security & ProtectionDesign data, tooling data, and process parameters are a supplier's capital. We protect them with certified security technology, controlled remote maintenance for machine manufacturers, and a security operation that flags anomalies early.
  3. B-03Network & ConnectivityOffice IT and the machine network belong apart – robust enough for the shop floor, clean enough for the customer audit. We plan and operate segmented production networks, including secure site-to-site connectivity.
  4. B-06Business Continuity & ResilienceDelivery capability is the industry's hardest currency. Veeam-based backups to geo-redundant, in-house targets, tested recovery, and a rehearsed emergency plan ensure that an incident does not escalate to the OEM.

TISAX: from questionnaire to label – in manageable steps

The TISAX assessment is performed by an accredited audit provider; we make sure you go in prepared. Since July 2026, the new VDA ISA2027 catalog applies to all audits ordered from 2027 onward – with stronger requirements for your own supply chain. If you have to renew your label in 2027, you should start taking stock now: we clarify the required assessment level, close the gaps technically, and build the documentation that holds up in the assessment.

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