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FACILITY MANAGEMENT

Securing the Core:

Industrial Security in

Pharma, Auto & Energy

As industries expand in scale and complexity, the importance of robust industrial security has never been greater.
Companies must safeguard intellectual property, critical infrastructure, and their workforce from a range of
evolving threats. The pharmaceutical, automobile, and energy sectors face unique challenges due to the sensitive
nature of their operations and the potential consequences of any disruption. Exploring how leaders in these fields
adapt their security strategies reveals both common principles and industry-specific practices.

n pharmaceuticals, protecting explosion that caused multiple redressal system linking HR with
research data and maintaining casualties. Investigations revealed security teams. Today, the sector
compliance are vital to brand lapses in fire detection and response also uses predictive analytics,
integrity. The automobile sector’s protocols, prompting a renewed automated warehouse monitoring,
Ilarge workforce and valuable focus on fire safety compliance and and rigorous vendor vetting to
production lines create risks of theft emergency drills. prevent incidents.
and internal unrest. Meanwhile, the
energy sector underpins national Automobile Security Energy Security
infrastructure, facing threats from
Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar plant
NTPC, India’s largest energy
sabotage and cyberattacks that experienced one of India’s most producer, protects its thermal and
could have widespread impact. severe incidents of labour unrest hydro plants through a centralized
Across these sectors, industrial in 2012, resulting in fatalities and Command & Control system. This
security has shifted from reactive extensive damage. Since then, the integrates physical access controls,
measures to proactive, integrated company revamped its security perimeter intrusion detection, drone
systems embedded in daily framework, integrating real-time surveillance, and fire safety sensors.
operations.
surveillance, biometric access The company also collaborates
controls, workforce behaviour with national intelligence agencies
Pharmaceutical monitoring, and a grievance to guard against cyber threats
Security
Alkem Laboratories, a major
Indian pharma manufacturer,
has faced increasing cyber
threats targeting its research and
development data. To address
this, the company implemented
a layered cybersecurity approach
that includes AI-driven threat
detection, strict access controls,
endpoint protection, and
comprehensive employee training
to build resilience.
A tragic physical security failure
at Escientia Advanced Sciences’
Visakhapatnam plant in August
2024 highlighted the importance
of real-time monitoring and
emergency preparedness. An
electrical short-circuit led to an
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