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Cisco Stealthwatch Case Study

Deloitte & Touche

Introduction

This case study of Deloitte & Touche is based on a September 2016 survey of Cisco Stealthwatch customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Stealthwatch protects my previous investments by allowing me to do more with my existing security tools.”

“Stealthwatch has dramatically improved my organization’s security posture.”

“Stealthwatch provides industry-leading network visibility and security intelligence. It gives you a single view into the lateral movement of traffic in the network and the ability to satisfy regulatory requirements.”

-Naveen Varma Chintalapati, Chief Technology Officer, Deloitte & Touche

Challenges

The business challenges that led Deloitte & Touche to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Stealthwatch:

  • Uses Cisco Stealthwatch to gain visibility into the following:
    • Data centers
    • Access
    • Mobile devices
    • Application usage
    • Virtualized infrastructure
    • Cloud environments

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Stealthwatch that Deloitte & Touche uses:

  • Uses Cisco Stealthwatch for the following reasons:
    • Segment the network
    • Combat insider threats
    • Identify malware and APTs
    • Improve network performance
    • Conduct forensic investigations
    • Proactively hunt for threats on the network
    • Prevent DDoS attacks
    • Enforce policy

Deloitte & Touche has integrated Cisco Stealthwatch with the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).

Results

Deloitte & Touche achieved the following results with Cisco Stealthwatch:

  • Uses Cisco Stealthwatch for the following reasons:
    • Improve security efficacy
    • Reduce enterprise risk
    • Maintain a competitive advantage
    • Protect intellectual property
    • Better serve customers/partners
    • Increase operational efficiency
    • Improve regulatory compliance
  • Uses Cisco Stealthwatch to enable the following:
    • Secure more areas of the network
    • Illuminate blind spots in the network
    • Reduce mean time to dwell for threats on the network
    • Improve forensic investigations
    • Use the network as a sensor
  • Rates their experience with Cisco Stealthwatch’s proposed benefits to be as follows:
    • Simple, easy to use: very strongly agree
    • Open, easy to integrate: very strongly agree
    • Automated, reduces manual work: very strongly agree
    • Effective, enhances security: very strongly agree




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