Critical infrastructure protection (CIP) cybersecurity solutions provider OPSWAT has opened a ‘state-of-the-art’ production facility in Tampa, Florida. By manufacturing its hardware domestically, OPSWAT enhances supply chain integrity, ensures compliance with stringent U.S. and international security standards, and doubles down on its focus on delivering highest-quality products to government and enterprise customers.
The expansion embodies OPSWAT’s ‘Locally Built – Globally Trusted’ vision, which is rooted in the belief that secure products start with secure manufacturing. Moving hardware production onshore greatly reduces several strategic, security, and operational risks associated with offshore production, especially for products intended to protect critical infrastructure or handle sensitive data.
These risks range from supply chain vulnerabilities such as hardware tampering and counterfeit parts to geopolitical and regulatory pressures tied to export controls and sanctions. They also include intellectual property and data protection threats involving theft or leakage, along with operational and continuity risks stemming from supply chain disruptions and quality issues.
“Cybersecurity hardware is too important to outsource,” Benny Czarny, founder and CEO of OPSWAT, said in a Thursday statement. “By building it here in the U.S., we ensure the transparency, quality, and supply chain resilience our customers expect, while also creating high-skilled jobs and demonstrating that American-made can be both secure and cost-competitive.”
Manufacturing the hardware in-house provides OPSWAT with greater control and quality assurance throughout every stage of production. Dedicated Quality Assurance and Product Management teams oversee rigorous testing and compliance processes to ensure the highest standards are consistently met. The move also enables OPSWAT to accelerate product development and respond to emerging cybersecurity challenges and customer needs.
Located in one of the Southeast’s fastest-growing technology and cybersecurity hubs, the new Tampa site serves as a secure production facility and a strategic logistics center within OPSWAT’s global operations network of 22 offices and facilities. It expands the company’s production capacity to meet increasing global demand for trusted cybersecurity solutions across the defense, finance, energy and manufacturing sectors.
