Maricopa County Case Study
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Skyhigh for Shadow IT
Tech Stack
- Cloud Services
- Active Directory
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
Applicable Industries
- Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
About The Customer
Maricopa County is the largest county in the state of Arizona and the fourth largest in the United States. The county has a population of over 3.8 million and employs over 15,000 people. The county has a vast network of users and a sophisticated infrastructure. The Chief Information Officer for Maricopa County is David Stevens, who wanted to fully understand and govern where their data is going and who had access to it, as it is essential to maintaining the agency’s security.
The Challenge
Maricopa County, the largest county in Arizona and the fourth largest in the United States, faced several challenges in managing its vast network of users and data. The county's Chief Information Officer, David Stevens, wanted to fully understand and govern where their data was going and who had access to it, as it was essential to maintaining the agency’s security. The county faced challenges such as insufficient blocking of malware and high-risk services due to proxy categorization of services based on URL. The county's vast existing infrastructure required frictionless integration across multiple solutions and business units for core functionality. Furthermore, the county lacked visibility into cloud use and risk, data access, and traffic.
The Solution
Maricopa County leveraged Skyhigh Networks’ FedRAMP certified CASB technology to add cloud governance and security to their existing, sophisticated infrastructure. The solution provided comprehensive tagging and blocking of malware and high-risk services, leading to an overall reduction in risk across the agency and the ability to enforce risk-based cloud governance policies. The solution seamlessly integrated with the county's existing infrastructure, increasing cloud intelligence and providing a better understanding of customer behavior. This helped reduce security risks while enabling customers and supporting the long-term IT strategy. The solution also enhanced visibility into cloud usage and traffic with customized access controls and cloud governance policies for multiple business units across the agency.
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