Cybersecurity for Manufacturing

A HealthSec Alliance™ Case Study

Client: Daily Foods, a mid-sized global food and beverage manufacturer

Challenge

Daily Foods’ manufacturing plants were facing the same cybersecurity challenges now confronting biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturers: legacy control systems, flat networks, shared credentials, and no real-time visibility between IT and OT environments.

These gaps created frequent production interruptions, high operational risk, and growing pressure to comply with emerging industrial cybersecurity regulations (ISA/IEC 62443 and Chile’s Ley Marco 21.663).

The company needed a fast, practical, and auditable cybersecurity program that could protect production data, improve uptime, and prepare its sites for future compliance requirements.

Solution

Daily Foods partnered with us to modernize its manufacturing cybersecurity architecture. The engagement began with a rapid assessment and deployment of Securics™, a network visibility and risk-management platform. Within weeks, the alliance team delivered:

• Asset and Threat Mapping: Full inventory of IT and OT devices with live vulnerability tracking

• Network Segmentation: Clear separation between business, production, and guest networks to prevent lateral movement.

• Credential Hardening: Replacement of default passwords and introduction of secure authentication policies.

• Continuous Monitoring: Real-time dashboards showing threats, anomalies, and compliance metrics.

The result was an immediately measurable reduction in risk and downtime — and a scalable foundation for ongoing security governance.

Results

• Full Visibility: 200+ assets identified, classified, and monitored across IT and OT networks.

• Improved Reliability: Recurring outages eliminated after root-cause identification of network misconfigurations.

• Audit Readiness: Automated compliance reporting aligned with ISA/IEC 62443.

• Financial Impact: Estimated annual savings of $1.5 million through reduced downtime and remediation costs.

“The ability to see threats and misconfigurations in real time gave us the confidence to act before problems hit production.”

— Salvador, IT Manager, Daily Foods