Field Guide · No. 01

The AI Security Checklist for Manufacturers.

Your people are already using AI. The question is whether your quotes, your pricing, and your customers' drawings stay in your building — or end up somewhere you've never heard of, under terms you never read. Ten minutes with this checklist tells you which.

What's inside

An honest inventory of what AI is already in use — and how to get the truth
How to classify quotes, drawings, and export-controlled data before a tool touches it
The vendor questions to ask before pricing — including the contract language that matters
A one-page policy your production floor will actually follow, with a scoring key

Seven sections, NIST- and CMMC-referenced. Print it, save it as a PDF, walk the floor with it.