Since 2019, the materials manufacturer has partnered with DNV Cyber to strengthen the company’s cybersecurity posture. The collaboration has become a trusted, long-term relationship supporting the customer’s operational continuity, regulatory compliance, and readiness for a converging IT and OT environment.

A global manufacturer with complex cyber resilience needs 

Headquartered in Europe, the manufacturer produces sustainable materials used for key components and consumables in its clients’ operations. Its market spans industries widely regarded as part of critical infrastructure, placing high expectations on cyber resilience and supply chain security. 

The company has many thousands of employees from dozens of nationalities, and multiple plants across several countries. This scale, diversity, and industrial significance create a complex cybersecurity landscape.  

It must ensure protection of continuous production, security of converged IT and OT environments, and compliance with regulations. Continuous development of security maturity across sites with varying age and technology baselines is required. 

Choosing a cybersecurity partner for the long term 

The manufacturer’s internal cybersecurity team is supplemented by a DNV Cyber Security Operations Centre (SOC) ensuring 24/7 monitoring and rapid response. 

Selecting DNV Cyber as trusted cybersecurity advisor was driven by its proven expertise in managed detection and response; ability to support both IT and OT environments; cultural and operational fit with the manufacturer’s internal team; and a long-term mindset aligned with the customer’s roadmap for security maturity. 

The partnership has remained uninterrupted since 2019, ensuring stability, continuity, and expanding access to deeper industrial cybersecurity capabilities. 

A partnership built on trust, continuity and expertise 

The collaboration has covered security operations and cybersecurity consulting. More specifically, DNV Cyber has provided the manufacturer with 24/7 SOC services (including SIEM, XDR, NDR, advanced threat hunting, vulnerability management and OT cybersecurity consulting. 

While the initial scope was primarily IT, the inclusion of OT-focused projects reflects manufacturing’s growing need for integrated cyber protection as IT and OT environments converge. This has involved sharing deep contextual knowledge across the manufacturer and DNV Cyber. 

Continuity has let DNV Cyber teams build deep familiarity with the customer’s systems, processes and business rhythms, accelerating response times, improving visibility and enabling proactive rather than reactive cybersecurity development. 

Strengthening cyber resilience and compliance at the right pace 

Through long-term collaboration, the manufacturer has gained greater visibility into security threats across global operations; stronger alignment with regulatory requirements; scalable detection and response capabilities; improved governance around identity and access; and a steady, controlled evolution of its cybersecurity maturity. 

Building a long‑term, trusted collaboration with this customer has been key. It has allowed us to work closely with their teams over time, supporting continuous improvements in cyber resilience and strengthening protection for their most critical operations.

  • Jan Mickos
  • Security Operations Director
  • DNV Cyber

About DNV Cyber’s Security Operations Centre (SOC) 

Cyber threats are evolving rapidly, especially for organizations operating critical infrastructure and industrial environments. DNV Cyber’s Security Operations Centre (SOC) is designed to meet this complexity head-on. 

Combining 24/7 monitoring, incident response and managed detection and response (MDR) with deep expertise in IT security, OT security and industrial cybersecurity, the SOC delivers more than visibility; it provides context. 

By continuously analyzing threats and vulnerabilities in relation to real operational impact, DNV Cyber helps organizations reduce cyber risk, strengthen resilience, and protect critical operations. The result is a security capability that not only responds to threats, but enables a structured, long-term cybersecurity maturity journey aligned with business priorities.