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Securing our most important critical resource—the food supply chain—means correlating threats across underlying HR, IT, Physical Security and Operational Technology used in production and processing. Alert Enterprise links to specialized plant applications like MES, plant historians and demand management from ERP that can deliver information directly to production. Monitoring insider and contractor access to modifying batch recipes detects when the addition of a preservative has been suppressed, causing a contaminated batch to be produced.
Integrating seamlessly with SAP applications, Alert Enterprise software further prevents insider threat by automating background checks and risk analysis during the on-boarding and off-boarding process for employees and contractors.
Delivering true security requires a holistic solution across the entire food value chain, from sourcing to production to retail distribution. In addition, companies need detailed record keeping of plant maintenance and safety measures, along with quality checks and transparency with all suppliers—whether in their backyard or overseas.
A company we’ve named BigFood was dealing with a disgruntled production foreman, “Tom.” Tom not only had physical access to the production floor, but was intimately familiar with the control system settings to configure recipes for the Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
Alert Enterprise Guardian’s certified and real-time integration SAP SuccessFactors HCM provided critical real-time data that identified Tom’s history of workplace issues. When Tom accessed the plant area after his normal shift hours, Alert Enterprise software detected that he was making unusual changes to the production settings to eliminate the addition of preservatives. An alert was immediately sent to the Security Operations staff as well as the Plant Manager. The incident was prevented, with huge savings from avoided downtime and protection from loss of reputation to the company brand.
The food and beverage industry must meet high quality standards and adhere to rapid production cycles to preserve nutrition value and freshness. Convergence and automation are the keys to achieving these goals. As OT and IT networks become interconnected, OT environments are more exposed to cyber-physical attacks, which can result in tainted products, downtime and revenue losses. Alert Enterprise delivers a unified security solution that secures enterprise IT applications and plant applications—delivering a continuous monitoring solution that prevents sabotage, acts of terrorism and other malicious incidents.
At Alert Enterprise, trust is at the center of everything we do. We bring people, processes, data and technology together in true security convergence.
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