Case Study: Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı Lastik achieves 30% security cost reduction and 20% security operations productivity gain with Palo Alto Networks

Steering a path to tyre manufacturing growth via secure smart factories

Brisa, a joint venture between Bridgestone and Sabanci and Turkey’s largest tyre maker with two plants in Izmit and Aksaray, faced the challenge of modernising network security to support an Industry 4.0 transformation while maintaining continuous 24x7 manufacturing operations. With nearly 2,500 IoT/OT devices across production, the company needed greater visibility and control, stronger IT/OT segmentation, and a platform approach that would reduce risk without disrupting uptime.

Brisa deployed Palo Alto Networks’ unified network security stack—ML‑powered next‑generation firewalls in high‑availability clusters plus cloud‑delivered services (IoT Security, Advanced Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, DNS Security)—to discover unmanaged devices, enforce automated policies, and segment traffic. The solution delivered 100% IoT visibility, reduced OT/ICS/IoT security costs by about 30%, and boosted security operations productivity by ~20%, enabling secure growth and resilient manufacturing continuity.

Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı Lastik

Evren Buyer

Infrastructure and Operations Manager