Boston Beer Company Transforms OT Cybersecurity & Reduces Costs

The Boston Beer Company has successfully modernized its infrastructure focusing on reducing risks and enhancing control with the help of the Dragos Platform and OT Watch. This transformation has resulted in 100% ROI in its first year of implementation.

Key aspects of the case study include:

The Challenge: As manufacturing environments increasingly adopt automation, interconnected devices, and digital technologies, they become more vulnerable to cyber threats. Boston Beer was struggling to keep up with the resource demands required to maintain its systems and expand into their OT environment. Both corporate IT security and OT security were identified as areas for modernization.

Solutions and Implementation: Under the leadership of CISO Brandon Catalan, Boston Beer selected Dragos as their cybersecurity platform. The Dragos Platform delivers capabilities like Asset Inventory, Discovery and Monitoring, Risk-based Vulnerability Management, Intelligence-driven Threat Detection, and Investigations and Response. Boston Beer also utilized the Dragos OT Watch service for advanced and scalable industrial threat hunting, which aided in addressing cybersecurity skill gaps.

Results: The Dragos Platform has delivered tremendous benefits, including alignment between IT and OT teams, leadership, and the board about the importance of securing OT environments, a 15% year-over-year reduction in cybersecurity insurance premiums, 100% ROI in the first year of a five-year investment, and a 300% increase in employees identifying and submitting suspicious emails.