Case Study: a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturer achieves 100% OT asset coverage and 87% fewer security incidents with Xona Critical System Gateways

a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturer achieves 100% asset coverage in 14 days with XONA

A Fortune 500 diversified manufacturer faced significant challenges after an 18-month, $765,000 attempt to deploy an IT-centric privileged access management (PAM) solution failed. The stalled deployment only covered 12 of their 42 facilities, led to 7 compliance findings, and resulted in low user satisfaction and frequent security incidents. The manufacturer required a secure way to provide remote access for hundreds of internal engineers and third-party vendors to over 850 OT assets.

The manufacturer implemented Xona's OT-native secure remote access solution, which features protocol isolation and a browser-based interface. Deployed across all 42 sites in just 14 days with no network changes, Xona delivered 100% asset coverage. The results included passing an IEC 62443 audit on the first attempt, an 87% reduction in security incidents, a 68% reduction in projected 5-year TCO, and the recovery of millions in avoided production losses.