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title: "Success cases | OT network security without downtime | Edge SDN"
description: "How plants, machine builders and infrastructure operators secured their OT networks with Edge SDN and Edge Shield, without stopping production or changing IP addresses."
url: https://www.edge-sdn.com/success-cases/
last_updated: 2026-10-05
---

# See it working in real plants

Four networks, four industries. Each one was split into protected zones while production kept running.

- **Production kept running**
- **IP addresses unchanged**
- **Old devices protected as they are**

- Food and beverage · Edge SDN  
## Segment a food plant without stopping production  
No production stop, far fewer false alerts  
[Read the case](https://www.edge-sdn.com/success-cases/food-and-beverage/)
- Manufacturing · Edge SDN  
## Segment a running factory on the switches it already has  
Cybersecurity assessments passed with top ratings  
[Read the case](https://www.edge-sdn.com/success-cases/manufacturing/)
- Machine building · Edge Shield  
## Build network security into your machines and sell it as your own  
Network security sold as part of its own machines  
[Read the case](https://www.edge-sdn.com/success-cases/machine-builder/)
- Critical infrastructure · Edge SDN  
## Secure a port and airport network you do not fully control  
Vendors work as before, lateral traffic blocked  
[Read the case](https://www.edge-sdn.com/success-cases/ports-and-airports/)

## See a critical CVE hit a machine

We show you the moment that matters: a new vulnerability lands. One machine is exposed and the other is not. The customer notice is ready to send.

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