Morisawa Gains Unprecedented Visibility and Control of Its Cloud Environment
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Asia
Country
- Japan
Product
- Netskope’s Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
- Netskope’s Cloud Confidence Index
- Office 365
Tech Stack
- Cloud Services
- API
- Firewall
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Digital Expertise
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Industries
- Software
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Business Operation
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Cybersecurity Services
- Data Science Services
About The Customer
Morisawa K.K. is a pioneer in the Japanese phototypesetting machine industry, having invented the machine in July 1924. Today, Morisawa fonts are used for a wide range of purposes, from business texts to advertisements, books, and digital content production, as well as for e-book and other layout solutions. Recently, the company's universal design fonts 'UD digital textbook' and 'BIZ UD font' were adopted by Microsoft for use in Windows 10. In addition, the Morisawa font 'MC Catalog +' is widely adopted, especially by local governments in Japan. The company has a cloud-first stance towards new business systems and has adopted Office 365.
The Challenge
Morisawa K.K., a pioneer in the Japanese phototypesetting machine industry, faced a challenge with its cloud services. Each department was making its own decisions about which cloud services were secure enough for business use, as there was no organization-wide standard. This led to concerns over the amount of risk exposure due to not having clear guidelines. The Information Systems team urgently needed to prepare a set of standards for which cloud services are acceptable or not. They were also concerned about the scalability of manually keeping an inventory of those cloud services. The team was also concerned with what criteria to use and who would decide whether or not a given cloud service would be considered enterprise-ready. Morisawa was aware that many cloud services lack the security capabilities to prevent unwanted data loss or deletion.
The Solution
Morisawa adopted Netskope’s Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solution to gain visibility and control of all cloud services used within its large organization. Netskope’s cloud proxy sits between a user and cloud services, becoming a single control point for visibility, access control, data protection, and granular logs that enable clients to enforce their security policies. Such policies can be enforced across entire categories of cloud apps rather than needing to be set on an app by app basis, without loss to usability or user friendliness, and while adhering to a consistent security policy. Morisawa conducted a comparative evaluation of several CASB products, including Netskope. At the beginning of the evaluation and verification process, Morisawa elected to upload firewall log data to Netskope, analyzing cloud services used in-house. The preliminary questionnaire identified 54 types of cloud services; however, analysis by Netskope revealed more than double that amount in actual use.
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