International Equipment Leasing Company Network Access Security Upgrade Project

Project Background:

A UK-based headquartered equipment rental group relies on cloud-native architecture to support the efficient operation of its global equipment management, supply chain and CRM systems. However, the hybrid cloud architecture, decentralized edge nodes and multiple entrances to global business have led to triple security challenges:

● Threat of data leakage:
Private customer information and transaction data are at risk of external attacks and internal misuse, which may lead to legal disputes and brand reputation crisis;

● Business interruption threat:
for equipment leasing companies, the stability and continuity of the business system is critical. Once the system is attacked or malfunctions, the company may not be able to provide services normally, which may cause significant economic losses.

● Lagging defense system:
With the continuous development of network technology and the constant upgrading of hacker attack methods, the company needs to constantly update and improve network security strategies and protective measures to cope with new challenges and threats. For this reason, the enterprise entrusted Wisdom Creative to reconstruct the cloud network security coordination system, focusing on the core challenges of cross-border data transmission, business continuity guarantee and dynamic security protection.

Technology Implementation Program:

In order to further enhance the overall security posture of the enterprise and protect the security of various businesses such as mobile office users and growing international business, the company urgently needs to fully integrate its IT infrastructure into a single vendor platform and fully deploy a zero-trust security policy.

1. Comprehensive Protection for Cloud-First Strategy

In order to build a comprehensive security protection system under the cloud-first strategy, the enterprise completed a security capability upgrade based on Fortinet Unified SASE architecture. The solution realizes intelligent linkage of security components through the unified operating system, integrates the four core modules of AI-enabled SWG (Secure Web Gateway), ZTNA (Zero-Trust Network Access), CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker), and FWaaS (Firewall-as-a-Service), and builds a zero-trust access system covering multiple scenarios to ensure secure access to users' cloud applications and private It ensures secure access to cloud applications and private services across terminals and network environments.

At the border protection level, FortiGate, a next-generation firewall integrated with FortiGuard AI security services, is deployed to realize in-depth synergy between network and security through AI/ML technology, which not only completes the intelligent upgrade of traditional firewalls, but also strengthens the real-time detection and blocking capabilities for Web attacks and file-based threats. At the same time, FortiAnalyzer log analysis platform is adopted to build a network-wide situational awareness hub, realizing threat visualization and analysis, automated response to security events, and full lifecycle management of compliance auditing, which significantly improves the overall security operation efficiency.

2. Enhance Security Posture and Cost Efficiency

Successfully deployed major SASE components to enhance their user security posture. For example, the Secure Web Gateway (SWG) and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) will ensure that users have secure access to the Internet and cloud applications anytime, anywhere. With the growing number of mobile office users in the enterprise, these solutions will definitely benefit the customer. In addition, the customer will enhance the overall security posture of the organization by integrating its existing web proxy solutions. The long-term benefit of this initiative is that organizations can continue to reduce management expenses by consolidating vendors through Fortinet.

Construction effectiveness:

Relying on the full-stack SASE solution deployed by Wisdom Creative, the enterprise has constructed an identity-based dynamic access control system, realizing three core value leaps:

1. Generational upgrade of security capability.

● Zero-trust architecture realizes 100% mobile office coverage and 90% increase in authentication efficiency.

● AI security center achieves 99.7% threat interception rate, and zero-day attack response speed leads the industry by 6 times (11 minutes).

2. Enhanced globalized business resilience.

● Cross-border network latency is reduced by 42%, and SLA reaches 99.98% to guarantee that the equipment leasing system is continuously online.

● SaaS application loading speed increased by 65%, 2000+ end-users experience rating 4.8/5.

3. TCO structural optimization

● Security component integration saves 52% annual cost (1.2M→576k).

● Automated operation and maintenance reduces 70% manpower investment, carbon emission reduction 42 tons/year.