Security and Agility in the Cloud: A Case Study on Denham Capital
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Databases
- Sensors - Temperature Sensors
Applicable Industries
- Mining
- National Security & Defense
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Tamper Detection
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
About The Customer
Denham Capital is a private equity firm with more than $8.5 billion invested in the power, oil and gas, and mining industries. The firm is known for backing successful power projects around the world and has achieved recognition for its deals. As part of its IT strategy, Denham Capital is in the process of migrating its infrastructure to the cloud over the next two years. The firm's IT team is lean, consisting of only three members, and they are responsible for protecting data and applications in the cloud, gaining visibility into traffic both on premises and in the cloud, and ensuring consistent security everywhere.
The Challenge
Denham Capital, a private equity firm with over $8.5 billion invested in power, oil and gas, and mining industries, faced a significant challenge in ensuring the security of their cloud-based assets. The firm was in the process of migrating its infrastructure to the cloud and needed a solution that would provide the same level of security for their cloud-based assets as their premises-based assets. The unpredictable nature of the energy industry demanded a high level of adaptability and agility. Denham Capital needed a solution that would reduce the high costs of operating physical data centers, increase application performance, and enable rapid and easy deployment and provisioning of new offices or users without compromising performance or security. The firm's lean IT team needed to protect data and applications in the cloud, gain visibility into traffic both on premises and in the cloud, and ensure consistent security everywhere.
The Solution
Denham Capital chose Check Point vSEC for Microsoft Azure as their security solution. Check Point vSEC extends advanced threat prevention security to protect Azure cloud environments from malware and other sophisticated threats. As a Microsoft Azure certified solution, vSEC enables organizations to easily and seamlessly secure their workloads, data, and assets while providing secure connectivity across cloud and on-premises environments. Denham Capital's IT team began migrating resources to their Azure cloud, starting with Active Directory and Exchange services, as well as file services and several applications. Any new services are now hosted in Azure and secured with Check Point vSEC. Over the next few years, backup appliances, storage services, and remaining Check Point premises solutions will be migrated.
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