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title: "Case Study: How Calico secured Essentra’s e-commerce SaaS platform on Microsoft Azure"
source: "https://www.tigera.io/essentra-case-study/"
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Tigera Case Study

# How Calico secured Essentra’s e-commerce SaaS platform on Microsoft Azure

![Essentra Logo](https://www.tigera.io/app/uploads/2025/01/Essentra-1200x628-1.png)

We have not had a single AKS security incident in our environment since implementing Calico. It has helped to significantly reduce the number of attacks and enables us to resolve any issues that arise.

DAVID CURRY

Head of Site Security Central,<br />
Essentra

Essentra is a global market leader in plastic injection molded, vinyl dip molded, and metal components. The company needed to migrate its e-commerce application ​​from a VM on Microsoft Azure to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and revisit its security approach in order to meet compliance requirements.

Essentra faced challenges including inadequate vulnerability management, a lack of network control and visibility, and an i​nability to assess application security posture in one place.

Read the case study to learn how Calico helped Essentra overcome its network control and visibility challenges, improve vulnerability management processes, and save time and money.

[Read the case study](https://info.tigera.io/rs/805-GFH-732/images/Tigera_Case_Study_Essentra.pdf)

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