CASE STUDY
O
perating in 18 countries, Tristar
Transport LLC is a globally renowned
logistics provider, catering to the
needs of the petroleum and chemical
industries. In just 20 years, the Dubai-
based company has built a global network
throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the
Far East and Central America.
By providing dedicated facilities for transport,
warehousing and fuel supply operations,
Tristar is a crucial link in the energy sector’s
global supply chain, and the partner of
choice for major multinationals like Shell, BP
and Total.
Challenge
As Tristar continues to expand its network
across an international portfolio of
clients, defending its critical systems
against advanced attacks has become
an increasing challenge. As an essential
link in the complex, global supply chains
underpinning the energy sector, Tristar
recognised that a severe cyberattack could
have far-reaching consequences.
Finances and reputation were not the only
assets at stake, as a successful attack could
potentially cause physical and environmental
damage as well.
Given the heightened cyber-risks associated
with the energy sector, Tristar sought
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to reinforce its existing security stack
with a solution capable of detecting and
responding to zero-day, supply chain and
insider threats.
From devices that monitor driver fatigue,
through to warehouse bots, Tristar uses a
range of innovative technologies to support
its digitised solutions and services. However,
due to the company’s growth, available
resources were at a premium – making it
tougher to secure its growing infrastructure
against advanced attacks.
Darktrace to detect the hidden vulnerabilities
and novel threats that other tools miss.
Tristar also deployed Darktrace’s
autonomous response solution, Darktrace
Antigena. Antigena functions like a digital
antibody, taking precise, surgical actions to
contain in-progress threats within seconds.
For Tristar, dealing with highly valuable and
highly dangerous materials means that
even the slightest compromise could have
severe consequences.
Lacking visibility into its cloud and IoT
systems in particular, Tristar’s security
team needed a cyberdefence solution that
could autonomously detect and respond to
cyberthreats across an increasingly diverse
digital infrastructure. Antigena can defend against even the
most sophisticated, machine-speed attacks
which would make an impact well before
humans have time to respond. Darktrace’s
autonomous response technology not only
contains emerging cyberthreats but does so
without interruption.
Solution Tristar decided to deploy Darktrace’s
Enterprise Immune System to protect its
sensitive customer data and operational
systems, given the technology’s unique ability
to learn normally on the job and adapt to the
increasing complexity, diversity and scale of
Tristar’s sprawling global network. Antigena AI detects anomalous activity
and then responds by enforcing the normal
‘pattern of life’ for a given user or device –
allowing the business to operate as usual
and giving human responders the time
needed to catch up and investigate and
remediate as needed.
After a swift installation, Darktrace’s
cyberdefence AI immediately started
learning the normal ‘pattern of life’ for every
user and device in the business. Rather than
depend on manual input or pre-set rules and
signatures, its evolving ‘sense of self’ allows Deployed across its cloud, IoT and physical
networks, Darktrace AI also allows Tristar to
correlate and analyse rich insights across
its diverse digital infrastructure. Darktrace’s
Threat Visualizer interface provides the
security team with complete visibility of all
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