CASE STUDY

Industrial Manufacturer: Cybersecurity Bridging IT + OT Across 18 Plants

An industrial manufacturer unified cybersecurity across IT + OT with Purdue-model preservation. ICS-targeted incidents detected in minutes, not days.

May 9, 2026 · 2 min read · By admin

At a glance

Industry: Manufacturing
Topics: Cybersecurity · SecOps / GRC · Threat Detection
Published: May 2026
Headline outcome: 18 18 plants on consistent OT…

Measured outcomes

What this programme actually delivered.

18 plants on consistent OT cybersecurity baseline

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NIST SP 800-82 audit-readiness

The challenge

An industrial manufacturer’s 18 plants ran legacy OT systems that hadn’t been patched in years. IT cybersecurity didn’t see OT events. ICS attacks were known to be active in the sector.

What we built

OT-network passive monitoring (Claroty), IT/OT bridge for incident escalation while preserving Purdue model boundaries. Custom playbooks for ICS-targeted patterns. Cross-plant threat intelligence sharing.

Outcomes

OT-incident detection: days → minutes
Purdue-model boundaries preserved (no write-back to OT)
18 plants on consistent OT cybersecurity baseline
NIST SP 800-82 audit-readiness

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Industrial Manufacturer: Cybersecurity Bridging IT + OT Across 18 Plants

What this programme actually delivered.

The challenge

What we built

Outcomes

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