Longview, Texas · Serving water systems across Greater East Texas
Your plant faces the same cyber threats as a big-city system, without the IT department. We keep your control system running, documented, and secured, at a size and price that fits a small utility.
Attackers look for internet-exposed HMIs, shared passwords, and remote-access tools left open. Small utilities often run exactly that setup, because the person who installed it moved on and nobody has had time to revisit it.
Federal Requirement
Under America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA), community water systems serving more than 3,300 people must complete a Risk and Resilience Assessment and an Emergency Response Plan, and recertify every five years. Cybersecurity is part of both.
Smaller Than 3,300?
The rule may not apply to you, but the risk does. A basic inventory, a segmented network, and tested backups close most of the common gaps.
Start with an assessment. We use the findings to recommend only what your system actually needs, ranked by risk, so you never pay for work that does not matter.
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Troubleshooting, configuration backups, alarm review, and documentation for your plant and lift-station controls.
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Separate the control network from office and internet traffic, replace open remote-access tools, and lock down firewalls.
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Asset inventory, exposure check, and a plain-English findings report ranked by risk and cost, aligned with CISA guidance.
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Help gathering the technical information for your Risk and Resilience Assessment and Emergency Response Plan.
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Offline copies of PLC and HMI programs, and a tested procedure to get running again after a failure or attack.
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Scheduled check-ins, patch and backup reviews, and a local contact when something goes wrong. Calls and messages returned within 12 hours.
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We visit your plant, see how things are wired and connected, and listen to what keeps you up at night.
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A short report: what we found, what it means, and what to fix first, with cost ranges.
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We make the changes you approve and leave you with drawings, passwords handed over properly, and backups.
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Optional support plan so someone who knows your system is a phone call away.
Piney Woods Industrial Controls is run by Chris Williams of Longview. Chris has spent his career in the field: as a U.S. Army veteran, in oilfield operations, and in healthcare IT keeping critical systems online.
That mix of IT and industrial instrumentation is what small water systems need: someone who understands both the network and the plant floor, and who lives here.
Tell us about your system and we will set up a visit. No obligation, and no sales pitch.
Phone: (903) 215-8103
Longview, Texas · Serving small water systems across Greater East Texas
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