ESET Success story

Royal Swinkels
Family Brewers“All our customers expect that we deliver in time. So a negative event
could mean a disruption in your supply chain.

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Robert Heines, the Information Security Manager of Royal Swinkels Family Brewers

INDUSTRY
Food and Beverage / Beer producer
WEBSITEhttps://swinkelsfamilybrewers.com
COUNTRY
The Netherlands
PRODUCTESET PROTECT MDR
Number of endpoints: 2350

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ESET Success story | Royal Swinkels Family Brewers

THE CUSTOMERRoyal Swinkels Family Brewers is one of theoldest independent family businesses in theworld. It was founded in 1719, so the seventh
generation is in business now, and brewing
beers has been in their genes for over 300 years.
Consumers enjoy their products in more than 130countries.
Royal Swinkels Family Brewers are constantly
striving to pass the company to the next
generation in a better state. They are the second
largest brewery in the Netherlands, making
over 300 beers in more than eight breweries
worldwide, and have more than 1,800 employees.

“The most important ingredient of our beers has
always been the passion of our brewers. Nevertheless,making beer these days is also a highly automatedprocess depending on IT.“THE CHALLENGEMDR AS THE SOLUTION

Since Royal Swinkels Family Brewers sell beers in over 130
countries, all their customers expect on-time delivery. So, in thatcase, an adverse event could mean a disruption in the supply
chain and could have a heavy impact on deliveries, cost, etc.

Royal Swinkels Family Brewers decided that the best levelof security for their operation is Managed Detection andResponse. Relying on a trusted partner to handle monitoring,detections and resolving them was the logical step for business
continuity.

“Every company of our size relies heavily on IT these days, whichmeans you must protect yourself against the vulnerabilities that comewith it. The solution we came up with is Managed Detection andResponse - or MDR, by ESET. And since we are making beer, we do
not only have office automation – or IT, but we also have Operational
Technology – OT, which sometimes comes with different challenges
and discussions about priorities. And that is why I always compare itto the car brake system. The brake does not slow you down, but it
makes sure you can drive in a fast way.“ says Robert Heines, theInformation Security Manager of Royal Swinkels Family Brewers.

Robert Heines,		the Information Security
Manager of Royal Swinkels
Family Brewers“Of course, we are a brewery, but we are also extensively dependenton IT. On the one hand, we are not big enough to have our own SOC,
but on the other hand, we are not so small that we can just wait until
something happens. Therefore we did not like that reactive approachand decided to go for the proactive approach. That is why we havechosen MDR, to delegate the management to ESET.”With MDR from ESET stepping in, Royal Swinkels Family Brewers
has 24/7 availability of qualified IT security staff filtering alerts andmonitoring the environment.

KEY BENEFITS FOR ROYALSWINKELS FAMILY BREWERS

WHY ESET“Royal Swinkels has been an ESET client for many years now, and weare very proud that we could always satisfy their security needs. We
have built a strategic security partnership along the way, reallybuilt on mutual trust, and I believe that is the reason why they’vechosen ESET for the MDR service as well.“ Joost van Eijsden, Head ofEnterprise, ESET Netherlands○

Complete security solution○

24/7 monitoring and management○

Access to ESET‘s cybersecurity experts○

Peace of mind

Adhering to the same values, such as reliability and stability,
naturally makes this cybersecurity partnership successful.
“ESET truly has been the right partner for cybersecurity for Royal
Swinkels, and we look forward to continuing our partnership. We aresure that with them, our progress is protected.“ Robert Heines, theInformation Security Manager of Royal Swinkels Family Brewers

ESET is a leading IT security company from the European Union with its headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The company, which was founded in 1992, has a global presence and now protects 110 million users and400,000 businesses worldwide. www.eset.com