Manufacturer learns it detects attackers well but lets them in too easily
A large automotive and industrial components manufacturer. Outcome verified
The problem
It had been three years since a large automotive and industrial components manufacturer's last penetration test. Security leadership wanted a realistic baseline of how exposed its multi-site environment was before asking the business to fund improvements. Testing every site was unaffordable, and findings had to become a budget the business would approve.
Why it mattered
The plants share IT, so a foothold anywhere could become a full outage from ransomware, business email compromise, or a breach that spread to customers and vendors.
What we did
Vizius tested a representative sample of three sites instead of the whole footprint and reported only attack paths it could prove, not scanner output. It graded protection and detection separately, mapped the 18 findings to three business consequences (full IT outage, email fraud, third-party breach), and turned them into a four-project, costed roadmap for the following year.
What changed
The assessment showed the environment could be entered through basic login weaknesses and phishing, while detection and response scored above average. Leadership received a prioritized roadmap with four costed initiatives. No retest is on file to confirm remediation.
- Manufacturing
- Large company