The mission of Sansan is to support the business innovation of its customers, and it does this with a variety of products and services. At the heart of their vision to be the “infrastructure of business” is storing and organizing massive amounts of data for their customers, including personal data and other sensitive customer information. Protecting that data is a central component of their security program, and they constantly review their security measures to ensure they keep up with an increasing number of cyber threats each year.
During a routine penetration test, Sansan determined it needed better threat detection capabilities. They had EDR and SIEM solutions in place, but what they needed was a holistic view of their security. Kenta Sato, CSIRT Group and Information Security Management Group, Information Security Department, Sansan Technology Division, said he and the company began looking at XDR platforms, and they wanted a platform that leveled up their security even further with excellent threat detection capability, a wide range of supported services and solutions, ease of use, and a reasonable cost. It’s this approach of maximizing value without sacrificing comprehensive security that makes Kenta Sato a Taegis™ Titan.
What made you choose Secureworks® Taegis™ XDR as your preferred solution?
“Although there are existing EDR products with XDR functions, they can only detect threats from one vendor's perspective. We already experienced using Secureworks managed security services and greatly appreciated its capabilities. Based on that experience, we chose Taegis XDR because we wanted to more comprehensively detect threats using a platform that would allow for multiple data ingests.”
How was the onboarding process for Taegis XDR?
“With products like these, it's often difficult to import logs, but Taegis XDR was extremely easy to integrate. It only takes about a week to capture just the logs, and about a month including evaluation and verification. Considering that some products take months just for evaluation, I think it is a very easy product to implement.”
You also chose to add managed services through Taegis ManagedXDR. How has this added to your security program?
“We had reservations about using a managed service, but in the end, it was the right choice. It is extremely difficult for user companies to gather information on their own, so being able to tap into the knowledge of experts around the world is a tremendous boon.”
What benefits have you seen since adding Taegis to your organization?
"As cloud computing becomes more widespread, so does the number of risks that must be addressed, such as unauthorized use of IDs. In some cases, the service provider's defenses are incapable of eliminating such risks; however, since the introduction of Taegis XDR, we have been able to detect them.
We have already established a substantial level of security. We needed to ensure that we were adapting our defenses with the threat landscape. That’s where we believe Taegis will really help us in the future.”
Read the case study to learn more about how Sansan uses Secureworks to accelerate its mission.