The Challenge
A global packaging manufacturer with over 5,000 employees and more than $1 billion in annual revenue needed to secure network access across a geographically distributed manufacturing operation spanning Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. Each facility maintained its own network infrastructure and device mix, creating a complex authentication landscape that required consistency without centralized on-premises control.
Manufacturing environments present a distinct security challenge. Corporate IT devices share network infrastructure with operational technology systems on the same factory floor. Password-based authentication could not scale across this range of device types and geographies without creating credential management overhead that grew with every new facility.
The company needed authentication infrastructure that could expand alongside the business over the following years without a full redesign at each growth step.
The Solution
The manufacturer initially deployed cloud-based PKI and RADIUS solutions for roughly 1,500 devices. Each device received a unique digital certificate for network authentication, replacing shared credentials across the manufacturing environment.
The company expanded at a steady rate, reaching 3,000+ devices across multiple countries by 2025. SecureW2 consolidated all the devices to a single, cloud-based platform, replacing password-based authentication at every location, from one central system. This migration also enables authentication to scale alongside the company’s ongoing growth.
The Results
- 3,000+ devices enrolled with certificate-based authentication
- 100% device growth over five years, doubling licensed devices
- Device growth achieved without platform migration or infrastructure redesign
- Authentication unified across operations in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia from a single cloud-based platform