Case Study

Optiv and Palo Alto Networks Partner to Decrease Client’s Risk for IoT Devices

Overview

A major sports retailer recently opened a large new R&D facility replete with internet of things (IoT) devices. Their security team received alerts every time a new device connected to their network, but they lacked the necessary visibility to identify and assess connected devices and build an onboarding segmentation enforcement plan.

 

Due to the sensitive nature of the research being done in the facility, the client’s security team received budget approval from the board to purchase technology that could enhance visibility into any new risks introduced by the IoT devices to the environment.

 

“This facility is instrumental to our efforts in pushing boundaries and driving “what’s next” in our industry. Foundational to those efforts is backstopping the R&D landscape with comprehensive cybersecurity solutions.”

– Applications Security Administrator, Major Sports Retailer

Industry:
Retail

 

Objective:
Establish IoT device enforcement standards across a large R&D facility

 

Technologies Used:
Palo Alto Networks

 

How We Helped:
Zero Trust Enforcement
Threat Detection
Workflow Automation

 

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Challenges

Lack of Visibility

 

The client did not have full visibility of its IoT device network, delaying its ability to establish enforcement standards.

Existing Technology Preferences

 

The client already had solutions for security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) and was not interested in switching technologies.

Executive Mandates

 

A board-level directive on IoT device visibility elevated the importance of completing the project successfully.

Lack of Clarity

 

This was a new process for the client, making implementation and integration difficult.

Optiv Approach

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Visibility

 

The client needed the ability to view both new and existing devices.

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Ease of Use

 

The selected vendor should have the ability to provide broad coverage for a variety of device types.

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Coverage

 

The vendor should be able to provide broad coverage of a variety of device types.

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Alignment

 

The vendor’s technology should be able to build a path towards the client’s long-term goal of enforcement.

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Solution

 

Optiv recommended Palo Alto Networks' IoT Security Solution as a way to deliver ML-powered visibility, prevention and Zero Trust enforcement in a single platform.

 

 

Quick and Accurate Discovery of all IoT, OT, IT and Bluetooth devices, even those never seen before.

 

Best-in-Class Protection instead of an alert-only approach, keeping devices safe from all threats and vulnerabilities.

 

Zero Trust Security with automated discovery, assessment, least privilege access policies and one-click enforcement.

 

Integrated workflows with simplified sensorless deployment and workflow automation across existing IT and security solutions.

Results

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Initiative to increase device visibility is now prioritized and funded by the client's board, as well as sponsored by the client's corporate information systems team.

 

Optiv + Client Next Steps

 

1 Continue collaborating with the corporate information systems team to complete implementation
2 Build an enforcement program for the IoT network
3 Move to an enterprise agreement to provide coverage for the client’s full portfolio of PANW products

 

Optiv + Palo Alto Networks

 

Our Zero Trust solutions are designed to protect your network, data, and applications from threats and vulnerabilities while securing everything
so we can give you a highly effective networking and security platform.

 

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