Construction and Engineering Cybersecurity

Because construction moves large payments by wire on a predictable schedule, and attackers know it. Much of the risk is simple: a bank-detail change sent from a compromised mailbox and paid without a callback. Owners, primes, and insurers now ask for evidence as well: a recent independent test, MFA on email and remote access, and proof that serious findings were fixed. A test shows where the payment process and the network would break before an attacker finds out.

For most firms, a phishing campaign against project managers and accounts payable, paired with a Microsoft 365 security assessment from $4,200 that checks MFA, conditional access, and mailbox forwarding rules. That covers the wire fraud path. Next comes an external test of the remote desktop or VPN the field uses, also from $4,200. Firms with many jobsites add an internal test from a trailer laptop.

The payment risk is smaller and the drawing risk is larger. Design firms hold models, drawings, and specifications for many owners at once, usually on a file server or cloud drive shared with outside consultants. Testing focuses on who can reach those files: the collaboration links, the remote access, the Active Directory permissions, and, on defense work, the boundary around anything marked CUI.

It applies to contractors and subcontractors on Defense Department contracts that handle federal contract information or controlled unclassified information, and drawings and specifications for defense facilities can be marked CUI. In July 2026 the Department suspended Phase 2, the move to third-party assessments, so solicitations can currently require only a CMMC Level 1 or Level 2 self-assessment, while DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171 remain in effect. Our CMMC Level 2 checklist walks through all 110 requirements and where testing supports them.

Yes. Jobsite testing runs in agreed windows, stays away from anything that controls equipment or life safety, and never uses denial-of-service techniques. We test one representative trailer build on site, including the router, Wi-Fi, and cameras, and apply the findings to the rest. On-site wireless testing of a site office in the New York metro starts at $3,800, and a network segmentation test confirms a trailer cannot reach the head office.

Usually through a phished account or an exposed remote access gateway, then across the head office to the file server and the accounting system. When those go down, estimating, billing, and payroll stop on every project at once. A ransomware readiness assessment from $6,000 tests that path from an assumed foothold and checks whether backups would survive. Our guide to how ransomware attacks work explains each stage.

A phishing campaign starts at $3,600, external network testing at $4,200, internal network testing at $6,000, and a validated vulnerability scan from $1,500. Each price is fixed in writing before work starts, and the penetration tests include a free retest of remediated findings. A typical first engagement combines phishing with an external test, quoted as one number. Pricing follows the scope, not the size of your backlog, and every starting price is on our penetration testing pricing page.