Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 70 | Page 56

CASE STUDY

BITUMAT , a manufacturer and exporter of waterproof and insulation materials based in Saudi Arabia has sprawling manufacturing facilities spread over 100 , 000 square meters . As an organisation well aware of the advantages that technology delivers to improve process efficiency , it is riding the Digital Transformation wave . Accordingly , it also wants to move from a traditional cybersecurity posture towards a more agile , cutting-edge and all-pervasive security environment that helps protect against both known and unknown threats . The company ’ s search for proven security solutions that would protect the organisation in the face of an evolving threat landscape ended at Sophos security solutions . want to be bogged down by a security solution whose management and control was time intensive . Our solution had to be extensive , advanced and more importantly easy to deploy and manage . We wanted to move from legacy firewall solutions to next-gen network security that was available at an ideal price point , but still offered the protection we needed for our ever growing and evolving network . Our organisation also wanted to enforce best security practices across our endpoints and server to safeguard these from prevalent and sophisticated security threats . Sophos was the vendor of choice for us because of its deep rooted expertise and comprehensive experience in both network and endpoint security ,” said Syed Yousuf Hasan Quadri , IT Administrator , BITUMAT .

Data breaches and a need to be one step ahead of cyberthreats were the critical security risks BITUMAT wanted to guard against . The IT team conducted a thorough evaluation and analysis of their existing cybersecurity posture to identify key security gaps . The team realised it did not have enough visibility into network security traffic and that they also had to deploy endpoint protection tied in with the need for proactive security with the core objective of detecting and blocking never-before seen threats .
“ While we wanted a comprehensive security cover that extended across our network and endpoint , we did not
The baseline requirement of BITUMAT was simple – the security solution had to deliver a very high level of IT security .
Emergence of Sophos as a strategic imperative
BITUMAT is an old Sophos customer and has been using the vendor ’ s endpoint products whose licence has been renewed . The organisation has also chosen Sophos XG Firewall to bolster its network security . BITUMAT was aware of Sophos ’ expertise and experience in network security and its sterling track record as a security vendor
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