Background.

In the context of CIO as a Service mandate, a medium-sized manufacturing company must fend off a cyber-attack and secure a state-of-the-art infrastructure and IT landscape.

Challenge.

• • The company was under a ransomware attack. The clock was ticking for the production could continue again.

• • The internal IT department had to quickly detect the attack, find and close the backdoor, and restore the original state before minute zero.

Results.

• • Crisis management in facing cybercrime: The rapid deployment of a task force in the event of an emergency bought essential minutes and thus prevented damage.
  • Improved visibility and diagnosis capability: Established a monitoring system for your infrastructure, relied on secure cloud solutions and partners, and consistently applied the latest security updates to your applications.
  • Enhanced security routine: Established consistent two-way authentication for all corporate network and application access. Conducted regular security audits regarding user changes. Automated back-ups or redundant cloud storage solutions. Standardized device strategy regarding end devices, notebooks, and mobile devices.

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