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Netskope Enhances Cloud Security with Infoblox Grid™ and DDI for Improved Performance

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Country

United States

Product

Infoblox Grid™
Infoblox DDI

Tech Stack

Infoblox Grid™
Infoblox DDI

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Customer Satisfaction
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Networks & Connectivity - Network Management & Analysis Software

Applicable Industries

Software
Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Remote Asset Management

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services
System Integration

About The Customer

Netskope is a leading cloud access security broker that provides IT with the ability to find, understand, and secure both sanctioned and unsanctioned cloud applications. The company helps some of the biggest brands in business today to confront IT challenges, particularly the management of cloud applications that are accessed via unmanaged devices. Netskope's platform allows customers to discover applications, whether sanctioned or unsanctioned, and enact policies to manage them. This service is crucial for protecting sensitive data and ensuring compliance while enabling end users to employ applications that contribute to their companies' success. Netskope's average customer uses around 900 applications, with larger customers using several thousand, highlighting the scale and importance of their service.

The Challenge

Netskope's business model requires agility, availability, and performance to manage both sanctioned and unsanctioned cloud applications. With 50% of data residing in cloud applications outside traditional networks, Netskope needed a solution to discover and govern these applications effectively. The challenge was to ensure reliability, security, and performance of the platform to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance while allowing end users to utilize beneficial applications.

The Solution

Netskope implemented Infoblox Grid™ and DDI to manage their critical DNS protocol, which is essential for user and application connectivity. The Infoblox solution provides centralized management for core network services across globally distributed data centers. The Grid Master allows for easy updates and changes across the network, ensuring consistent information and detailed visibility into network data. The cluster-like architecture of the Infoblox Grid fits well with Netskope's needs, providing rock-solid support for their mission to direct the usage of cloud applications, protect sensitive data, and ensure compliance. Infoblox's Anycast capabilities and dual redundancy allow Netskope to route users to the nearest data center, increasing performance and ensuring reliability even if a data center goes down. The automation provided by Infoblox enables Netskope to monitor user workload and customer load, adding capacity as needed to meet demand.

Operational Impact