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A leading global consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturer produces household and personal care products across multiple brands. Operating facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia, the company uses advanced manufacturing to meet high-volume demand while meeting rigorous product quality, safety, and security standards.
- Needed to match recently upgraded IT security capabilities in OT environments.
- Inherited inconsistent OT/ICS security maturity due to multiple acquisitions.
- Lacked OT security expertise and a standardized global approach to risk management.
- Deployed Secure OT Platform and services that started with a successful pilot in Europe.
- Leveraged software-based, hardware-free architecture for rapid, remote global rollout.
- Integrated backup, application allowlisting, and third-party tools into a single OT/ICS security dashboard.
- Achieved measurable security improvements across global manufacturing plants in 12 months.
- Reduced cost and time to maturity without increasing headcount.
- Standardized OT security to match IT capabilities company-wide.
Challenge
Inconsistent OT/ICS Security Maturity Across Global Plants
After completing an IT security transformation, a leading consumer goods manufacturer sought to bring its OT manufacturing to the same standard. The environment varied in security maturity due to multiple acquisitions and site-specific approaches.
The OT team also lacked cybersecurity expertise and leadership—including the CISO and board—and needed a consistent IT/OT security framework to manage global risk. The solution needed to match IT-level capabilities while respecting the unique sensitivities of industrial systems.
Solution
Scalable and Rapid OT/ICS Security Deployment
The first step involved deploying SecureOT Platform at a single European plant to validate ease of use and plant IT manageability. Following the pilot’s success, the platform rolled out globally.
Solution elements included:
- Software-based architecture with no on-site hardware requirements that enabled remote, low-cost deployment across continents.
- Closed-loop remediation to address vulnerabilities immediately upon deployment.
- “Think Global; Act Local” architecture that empowered central IT/OT teams to assess risk and plan remediation and enabled site-level execution.
Our services team also integrated backup, application allowlisting, and third-party security tools into SecureOT Platform Reporting for a single, unified OT/ICS security view.
Result
Global Security Gains in 12 Months
Within 12 months, the manufacturer achieved measurable OT security improvements across plants worldwide. The remote-first deployment approach reduced costs and avoided additional headcount while accelerating time to maturity.
This resulted in a consistent enterprise-wide OT security capability matching IT standards—with visibility, risk management, and remediation unified across their entire global manufacturing footprint.
Published November 12, 2025