PGP Glass, a Blackstone portfolio company, is a global leader in the design, decoration, and production of premium glass packaging solutions. With a footprint spanning India and Sri Lanka, and serving 17 of the top 20 global brands, their 12 furnaces and 65 production lines are dedicated to crafting exceptional glass that elevates brands worldwide.
The Challenge
PGP Glass holds a treasure trove of sensitive Intellectual Property (IP), such as documentation for making glass molds and customer design files. Over the last few years, digital solutions, devices, and users proliferated in the organization across business functions, increasing the number of users and devices by 60%. IP is the company’s competitive advantage, so a stronger and resilient security posture is critical to prevent data leakage and exfiltration by both insiders and external threat actors.
The company had antivirus, along with an endpoint detection and response (EDR) scanning its IT network but lacked the ability to scan OT and IoT devices and extract detailed insights. Due to design limitations, many of the company’s OT systems ran on legacy versions of Windows with no visibility into whether the antivirus software was truly effective on these systems or not.
In addition to those concerns, the company needed to ensure that real-time, reliable data was fed into its energy optimization model, which could use AI and ML to improve efficiency and reduce waste in manufacturing processes.
Continue reading to learn how Armis Centrix™ improved the situational awareness of all assets connected to the network across the ecosystem and boosted its overall security posture.
Challenges
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Protect sensitive and valuable intellectual property (IP) -
Gain visibility and full situational awareness of all assets across operational technology (OT) systems and connected IT systems
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Extract data from OT devices running on legacy Microsoft Windows systems
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Integrate data feeds into AI and ML analytical models
Results
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Increased visibility and security across network -
Averted IP exfiltration through visibility into device metadata
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Improved energy efficiency in manufacturing processes
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Reduced waste in manufacturing processes
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Enabled savings of USD$2 million equivalent per year in costs
