Manufacturing
OT/IT convergence with Purdue-model segmentation, SD-WAN between plants, edge compute, and IEC 62443-aligned OT security.
Why Manufacturing chooses Clevertek
A factory floor operates on systems built to control physical machines — PLCs, RTUs, SCADA, DCS — originally designed for air-gapped, deterministic environments where availability and safety took precedence over connectivity. IT/OT convergence has changed that constraint: the same production environment that once sat behind a physical fence now feeds real-time data to dashboards, supplier portals, and cloud analytics. Every connected controller and sensor represents a new attack surface that conventional IT security tools were not designed to protect. Clevertek gives manufacturers a connected operations layer that keeps production moving — SD-WAN and private MPLS between plants for deterministic latency between distributed sites, edge compute close to the production line for real-time quality inspection and anomaly detection, and IoT connectivity that interfaces with existing industrial protocols (Modbus, OPC-UA, PROFINET) rather than requiring rip-and-replace of installed automation. OT security closes the attack surface that convergence opened, using passive monitoring and network segmentation that maintains production availability — because in a manufacturing environment, a security control that stops the line is a more damaging failure than the vulnerability it was meant to address. One operating model across IT and OT ensures that the network team and the plant engineering team share visibility rather than pointing at each other when a sensor goes offline.
How Clevertek helps Manufacturing on its journey
A factory floor was never designed to be reachable from the internet, and it remained safe precisely because it was isolated. IT/OT convergence has changed that equation: the plant now pushes data to dashboards, supplier systems, and cloud analytics platforms, and every newly connected PLC or sensor presents an access path that did not previously exist.
We give manufacturers a connected operations layer that maintains production throughput: SD-WAN and private lines between plants with deterministic latency for time-sensitive control traffic, edge compute nodes located near the production line for sub-100ms quality inspection decisions, and IoT connectivity that integrates with your existing Modbus, OPC-UA, and PROFINET infrastructure. OT security deploys passive monitoring and network segmentation that closes the convergence attack surface without creating a process-stopping event.
One operating model across IT and OT means the network operations team and the plant engineering team share the same visibility pane. When a link fails, traffic routes around itself and the line keeps running — because the systems that control physical machinery are protected on their own operational terms, where availability and safety take precedence.
Solutions that serve Manufacturing
Each product is delivered as a managed service and scoped to your environment.
Frequently asked questions
How do you connect plants without exposing the factory floor?
We deploy SD-WAN and private MPLS links between sites with network segmentation that keeps OT traffic on isolated VRFs separate from the corporate network. Plants connect and share operational data without placing PLCs and industrial controllers on the same flat network as office systems.
What is OT security, and why is it different from IT security?
OT security protects the systems that control physical machinery, where availability and safety are the primary objectives — a security patch that requires a production-line reboot is more damaging than the vulnerability it closes. We apply passive monitoring, network segmentation, and anomaly detection sized for that operational reality rather than a generic IT security playbook.
Can you run intelligence at the edge, near the line?
Yes. Edge compute nodes deployed close to production equipment enable real-time inference for vision-based quality inspection, vibration anomaly detection, and local closed-loop control — decisions are made in milliseconds rather than waiting on a round-trip to a distant data centre.
Do your IoT solutions work with our existing plant systems?
Yes. They are built to interface with industrial protocols (Modbus, OPC-UA, PROFINET) and existing OT infrastructure, so you gain connected operations and operational visibility without replacing the PLCs, SCADA, or DCS systems you already operate.
What happens to production if a site link fails?
Diverse, resilient connectivity with automatic failover ensures that a single link or site outage routes around itself. The line continues running and operational data continues flowing — production does not halt while waiting for a failed circuit to be manually restored.
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