CASE STUDY
T
he Al Majed Group was facing
critical security issues with its
existing antivirus product. They were
unhappy with the fact that it offered no real
time updates. This made it challenging to
manage and protect against ransomware.
The team was forced to do the time-
consuming work manually.
With businesses being targeted more than
ever for cyberattacks, security is now a top
priority for every organisation. The IT team
at Al Majid Group was looking for a solution
that could be controlled from a single console,
secure the network and protect users from
unknown malware, exploits and ransomware.
After evaluating several products, the team
decided to go ahead with Sophos Intercept
X Advanced and Sophos XG Firewall. The
challenges included:
• Effectively dealing with the
security challenges
• Addressing hardware stability issues
• Providing the IT team with daily security
updates through a central source
• Establishing a required, in-depth view
on the online activities of employees to
protect them from threats and underlying
hidden risks
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• Securing devices and protecting corporate
data from potential vulnerabilities with
employee devices
The team was particularly impressed with
Sophos Synchronised Security. Synchronised
Security simplifies and unifies defences
with real-time intelligence sharing between
the endpoints and firewall. In addition,
using a single unified console to manage
their endpoints from the portal itself was
convenient and improved efficiency.
The team was able to rapidly set up their
Sophos products, which were deployed in
just two weeks. Beyond the quality of the
solutions themselves, having support from
Sophos Partner Network Plus Data Solutions
was an added advantage. Al Majed Group
plans to deploy Sophos endpoint detection
response (EDR) technology as well as Sophos’
encryption solution in the coming months.
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ATTACK VECTORS.
Results Instant results and performance. With
the incredibly fast response times via Sophos
deep learning technology, Al Majed Group’s
IT team now spends less time responding to
incidents. In fewer than 20 milliseconds, the
model is able to extract millions of features
from a file, conduct a deep analysis and
determine if a file is benign or malicious.
Enhanced protection. Intercept X stops zero-
day malware, stealthy attacks and unknown
exploit variants. This provided Al Majed Group
with the protection and advanced anti-
ransomware functionality it needed to detect
previous unknown attacks in seconds. Strong network security. Sophos
XG Firewall blocks unknown threats
and exposes hidden risks with a visual
dashboard, rich on-box reporting and
unique risk insights. Synchronised Security
within the firewall automatically responds
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