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Grupo Vega fortifies cybersecurity infrastructure

Company Size

1,000+

Region

America

Country

Peru

Product

GravityZone Business Security Premium
GravityZone Full-Disk Encryption
VMware NSX
VMware vSphere
Microsoft Active Directory

Tech Stack

Machine Learning
Endpoint Security
Encryption
Virtualization

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Customer Satisfaction
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security
Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Industries

Retail

Applicable Functions

Business Operation
Facility Management

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services
System Integration

About The Customer

Founded in 1996, Grupo Vega Distribución S.A.C. is one of Peru’s largest grocery chains and sells a wide assortment of food and beverage products at competitive prices. The company operates 70 stores and four distribution centers in Peru. With a workforce of 1,119 employees, including a dedicated IT staff of 25, Grupo Vega has established itself as a significant player in the Peruvian retail market. The company is headquartered in Lima, Peru, and is known for its commitment to providing quality products and services to its customers. Grupo Vega's extensive network of stores and distribution centers enables it to efficiently serve a large customer base across the country.

The Challenge

Grupo Vega Distribución S.A.C., one of Peru’s largest grocery chains, was on a mission. The retailer deployed four security products one after the other and yet ransomware attacks continued to occur. After each event, IT spent hours or even days cleaning infected systems and restoring backups. While these remediations prevented data loss or business interruption, the burdensome effort distracted the IT team from other important tasks. Once again, Grupo Vega sought to replace its security solution. The retail and distribution company evaluated other security products and selected Bitdefender GravityZone.

The Solution

Grupo Vega uses GravityZone Business Security Premium to protect 600 physical and virtual workstations and servers. GravityZone Business Security Premium uses more than 30 layers of machine learning-driven security technologies to safeguard organizations from advanced persistent threats (APTs) and ransomware across physical, virtual, mobile, and cloud-based endpoints and email. GravityZone protects Grupo Vega’s server and workstation environment, such as Citrix, Microsoft Windows, VMware NSX, and VMware vSphere. Applications running on Grupo Vega endpoints in the GravityZone environment include Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft SQL Server. As another layer of endpoint security, Grupo Vega is rolling out GravityZone Full-Disk Encryption to 120 endpoints for automated management of encryption keys.

Operational Impact

Since moving to GravityZone eight years ago, Grupo Vega reports the rate of ransomware and malware attacks bypassing its infrastructure has dropped from approximately 80 per year to zero.
Flexibility and ease of use have been additional major advantages of GravityZone, according to Vilchez Gutiérrez: 'We like that GravityZone is so easy and straightforward to set up different policies by user groups according to their risk profiles. The tight integration of GravityZone with our VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft environments also makes it simple to manage and see our endpoints.'
In addition, Vilchez Gutiérrez is pleased that Bitdefender offers a broad spectrum of advanced security solutions: 'Because GravityZone has worked so well for us, we are now deploying GravityZone Full-disk Encryption to automate managing encryption keys for user endpoints. This will further protect data stored on laptops in case they are lost or stolen.'

Quantitative Benefit