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Cisco Advanced Malware Protection Case Study

Yokogawa Electric Corporation

Introduction

This case study of Yokogawa Electric Corporation is based on a March 2017 survey of Cisco Advanced Malware Protection customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Deploying AMP for Endpoints alongside other AMP deployments has helped my organization uncover threats faster and improve overall security effectiveness.”

“AMP for Endpoints provides easy deployment and compatibility with cloud management interface improving the security of the company dramatically.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Advanced Malware Protection:

  • Chose AMP for Endpoints for the following reasons:
    • Endpoint visibility into file activity and threats
    • Ability to continuously monitor file behavior
    • Simple, easy to use management interface

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Advanced Malware Protection that the surveyed company uses:

  • Deployed the following in addition to AMP for Endpoints:
    • AMP for Firewall (AMP on a Cisco ASA or NGFW Firewall)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Advanced Malware Protection:

  • Was able to do the following with AMP for Endpoints:
    • Improve security effectiveness
    • Detect threats faster
  • Evaluated the following companies prior to signing up with AMP for Endpoints:
    • TrendMicro
    • Symantec
    • McAfee
  • Prevented/Detected/Defeated the following with AMP for Endpoints:
    • Zero-day threats
    • Malvertising
    • Malicious email attachments
  • Experienced improvements in the following areas after deploying AMP for Endpoints:
    • Breach probability and business risk
    • Executive confidence in the security of the organization
    • Visibility into endpoints, vulnerabilities, and threats




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