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Construction Cybersecurity and Compliance

Contractors move large payments to many subs and suppliers, run crews on shared field devices, and work from trailers and trucks. Attackers know it. BTI helps construction companies stop payment fraud, prepare for ransomware, secure field and mobile operations, and answer the security questions owners, GCs and insurers now ask, with 24/7 monitoring through our SOC 2 audited NOC/SOC partner.

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Why Attackers Target Contractors

  • Big, frequent payments to subs and suppliers, with remittance details that change often
  • Many outside parties emailing invoices, lien waivers and pay applications
  • Shared logins and field devices that are hard to track
  • Deadlines: a project team under schedule pressure is more likely to approve a rushed request

Stop Fake Payment Change Requests

Business email compromise is one of the costliest scams the FBI tracks: the FBI IC3 2024 report lists about $2.77 billion in reported BEC losses for 2024. For contractors, it usually looks like a "sub" or supplier emailing new remittance details. BTI puts controls around every payment change:

  • Call-back verification to a known phone number before any remittance change
  • Dual approval for new payees and changed payment details
  • Email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) and impersonation filtering
  • MFA everywhere and alerts on suspicious mailbox rules
  • Staff training with real construction examples

Ransomware Readiness

Ransomware that hits payroll, estimating and project systems stops jobs. BTI builds immutable, tested backups, 24/7 managed detection and response, and an incident response plan your team has practiced, following CISA #StopRansomware guidance.

Securing Mobile and Field Operations

Device management for laptops, tablets and phones, MFA for project apps, secure trailer networks, and fast removal of access when people leave. Cameras and access panels on job sites are segmented from office systems. → Construction security systems

A Clear Baseline: NIST CSF 2.0

BTI maps your program to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and uses CISA Cyber Essentials for smaller firms, so you can show owners and insurers where you stand and what's next.

Protecting Bids, Plans and Owner Data

Bid numbers, drawings, owner floor plans and security layouts are valuable to competitors and criminals alike. BTI sets up Microsoft 365 sharing so subs and owners get links that expire, external sharing is limited by project, and sensitive folders are labeled and logged. When a project closes, external access is removed in one step. Backups of project files are tested, so a deleted folder or a ransomware event doesn't erase a job's record. → Managed IT

Cyber Insurance Questionnaires and Owner Requirements

Insurers commonly ask about MFA, endpoint detection and response, tested backups, email security and training. Owners and GCs increasingly flow security terms down to subs. BTI helps you answer accurately and close the gaps first.

Secure-by-Design Networks on TI Projects

When BTI builds a tenant's network as the GC's low-voltage sub, it is handed over with segmentation, firewall rules and documented credentials, not default passwords. → Construction IT and network infrastructure

Assessment, vCISO and 24/7 SOC

Cybersecurity assessment, a fractional CISO for policy and insurer conversations, and 24/7 monitoring through BTI's SOC 2 audited NOC/SOC partner: 10,000+ alerts handled, zero missed. 94% of BTI clients pass audits on the first attempt. → Cybersecurity assessmentvCISOGovernance, risk and complianceCybersecurity maturity roadmap

Managed IT Behind It

Security works best when the same team runs the IT. BTI's fully managed and co-managed IT plans keep devices patched, backups tested and accounts clean. → Construction IT services

AI Governance: Keep Bids and Owner Data Private

AI raises new risks for contractors: bid numbers and owner drawings pasted into free tools, AI-cloned voices used to approve payments, and SaaS AI features switched on by default across your software. As your Guided Automation Partner, BTI writes an AI use policy, blocks sensitive data from leaving through data loss prevention, reviews embedded AI features in the software you already pay for, and adds voice-clone checks to payment call-backs. Governance follows the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. → AI for construction · AI security, governance and risk

Why BTI

ISO 27001 compliantSOC 2 audited NOC/SOC partner94% first-attempt audit pass rateover 40 years98% client retentionadvisor reply within one business day

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do we stop fake payment change requests from "subs" and suppliers?

Require call-back verification to a known number for every remittance change, dual approval for new or changed payees, email authentication and MFA, and train staff with real examples.

How can we share plans with subs without losing control of them?

Use expiring links scoped to each project, limit external sharing by default, require MFA for outside users where possible, and remove access at closeout. BTI configures and monitors this in Microsoft 365.

What do cyber insurers ask contractors for?

Common asks include MFA, endpoint detection and response, tested offline or immutable backups, email security and security awareness training.

Do you offer a cybersecurity assessment for contractors?

Yes. BTI's assessment maps your controls to NIST CSF 2.0, highlights payment fraud and ransomware gaps, and gives you a prioritized plan.

Can AI tools leak our bid data?

They can if staff paste bids or drawings into consumer AI tools. BTI sets an AI use policy, provides a governed workspace and uses data loss prevention to keep bid data inside your environment.

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