ALEX Secures Office 365 with Avanan
Customer Company Size
SME
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Office 365
- Avanan Cloud Security Platform
- Check Point Antivirus
- Solebit Predictive Malware Protection
- Cyren Anti-Phishing
- Global Velocity Data Leakage Prevention
Tech Stack
- Cloud Security
- Malware Protection
- Anti-Phishing
- Data Leakage Prevention
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Malware Protection
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries
- Professional Service
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
Services
- Cybersecurity Services
About The Customer
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Chantilly, VA, ALEX Alternative Experts, LLC (ALEX) provides technical, logistical and management services for both government and commercial organizations. Their core service offerings include science, technology & engineering, facilities management, logistics and operations, professional services, and staff augmentation. It was one of Washington Business Journal’s Fastest 50 Growing Companies from 2012 to 2014. The company was faced with a challenge to comply with Executive Order 13587 from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center’s National Insider Threat Policy – which requires federal contractors to establish a program to detect, deter and mitigate insider threats.
The Challenge
Jeff Madsen, CTO of ALEX (Alternative Experts, LLC), was tasked with complying with Executive Order 13587 from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center’s National Insider Threat Policy. This policy required federal contractors to establish a program to detect, deter and mitigate insider threats. Jeff needed to protect the company’s Office 365 email and OneDrive file sharing beyond Microsoft’s native security capabilities. He was looking for protection against malware, ransomware, phishing, and compromised credentials for mailboxes; and for OneDrive, he needed a way to ensure that sensitive information wasn’t being used inappropriately by his employees or getting leaked externally. Jeff initially considered Microsoft’s own Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), but it failed to detect the zero-day malware he tested it with. ATP also lacked malware protection for OneDrive, and its data leakage policies were very basic and were not compatible with his current DLP tools.
The Solution
Jeff deployed the Avanan Cloud Security Platform in October 2016. With his deadline nearing, he was thrilled to find that within minutes he was able to implement his choice of malware protection, antiphishing and data leakage prevention, all from a variety of top security tools. The Avanan platform already served him with several tools for each one of his security gaps, all preconfigured, vetted out, and easily enabled. Not needing to spend time on individual evaluations but rather testing, buying and using everything from one place, was beyond anything he had seen before. Within the first 15 minutes, Jeff deployed the following security layers to protect ALEX Office 365: Check Point Antivirus and Malware Sandboxing, Solebit Predictive Malware Protection, Cyren Anti-Phishing, and Global Velocity Data Leakage Prevention.
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