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ARMA's Digital Transformation: Ensuring Secure Remote Work for Polish Farmers with Zscaler

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud
Applicable Industries	Agriculture National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions	Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Agriculture Disease & Pest Management Tamper Detection
Challenge	The Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA) was established in 1994 to support the development of agriculture and rural areas in Poland. As an accredited paying agency, ARMA processes applications, verifications, and other forms, as well as paying refunds for more than 2 million farmers and others in the agricultural industry throughout Poland. ARMA was faced with the challenge of enabling its growing mobile and remote workforce to work securely and efficiently. The solution needed to provide a secure and stable connection to their applications when working away from the office. The challenge was further intensified by the global pandemic, which necessitated a quick shift to remote work for all employees. Read More
About Customer	The Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA) is a government agency established in 1994 to support the development of agriculture and rural areas in Poland. As an accredited paying agency, ARMA processes applications, verifications, and other forms, as well as paying refunds for more than 2 million farmers and others in the agricultural industry throughout Poland. ARMA is considered one of the most innovative Polish government agencies, demonstrated by its quick response to the pandemic by leveraging bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies and Zscaler to provide employees a secure way to work from home. Read More
Solution	In response to the challenge, ARMA's CIO, Mariusz Głębocki, began exploring solutions to fit the needs of its growing mobile and remote workforce. After an impressive proof of concept, Głębocki selected Zscaler Private Access™ and Zscaler Internet Access™ to provide secure access when the 300 members of his IT team worked outside of the traditional office setting. When the global pandemic hit, ARMA quickly expanded its Zscaler deployment from the IT team to all 6,000 employees working remotely. The Zscaler cloud service gave ARMA the security it needed with the functionality it required, without having to invest in its security infrastructure. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud

Applicable Industries

Agriculture

National Security & Defense

Applicable Functions

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Agriculture Disease & Pest Management

Tamper Detection

Challenge

The Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA) was established in 1994 to support the development of agriculture and rural areas in Poland. As an accredited paying agency, ARMA processes applications, verifications, and other forms, as well as paying refunds for more than 2 million farmers and others in the agricultural industry throughout Poland. ARMA was faced with the challenge of enabling its growing mobile and remote workforce to work securely and efficiently. The solution needed to provide a secure and stable connection to their applications when working away from the office. The challenge was further intensified by the global pandemic, which necessitated a quick shift to remote work for all employees.

About Customer

The Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA) is a government agency established in 1994 to support the development of agriculture and rural areas in Poland. As an accredited paying agency, ARMA processes applications, verifications, and other forms, as well as paying refunds for more than 2 million farmers and others in the agricultural industry throughout Poland. ARMA is considered one of the most innovative Polish government agencies, demonstrated by its quick response to the pandemic by leveraging bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies and Zscaler to provide employees a secure way to work from home.

Solution

In response to the challenge, ARMA's CIO, Mariusz Głębocki, began exploring solutions to fit the needs of its growing mobile and remote workforce. After an impressive proof of concept, Głębocki selected Zscaler Private Access™ and Zscaler Internet Access™ to provide secure access when the 300 members of his IT team worked outside of the traditional office setting. When the global pandemic hit, ARMA quickly expanded its Zscaler deployment from the IT team to all 6,000 employees working remotely. The Zscaler cloud service gave ARMA the security it needed with the functionality it required, without having to invest in its security infrastructure.

Impact #1	The implementation of Zscaler has resulted in a new work model built for flexibility and mobility. While the sudden switch to working at home was a disruption for some other agencies, the ARMA employees have thrived in this new environment. It was also crucial that ARMA’s external customers—the more than 2 million farmers and others in the agricultural industry throughout Poland that relied on the agency—saw no change in the service they received. In addition to a more flexible work-from-anywhere model, the security of the Zscaler platform has opened the door to ARMA adopting more programs to help redesign the workplace. The global pandemic, while disruptive, gave ARMA's digital transformation journey a significant boost.

Impact #1

The implementation of Zscaler has resulted in a new work model built for flexibility and mobility. While the sudden switch to working at home was a disruption for some other agencies, the ARMA employees have thrived in this new environment. It was also crucial that ARMA’s external customers—the more than 2 million farmers and others in the agricultural industry throughout Poland that relied on the agency—saw no change in the service they received. In addition to a more flexible work-from-anywhere model, the security of the Zscaler platform has opened the door to ARMA adopting more programs to help redesign the workplace. The global pandemic, while disruptive, gave ARMA's digital transformation journey a significant boost.

Benefit #1	Enabled 6,000 users to work remotely.
Benefit #2	Estimated 30-percent increase in employee productivity.
Benefit #3	Completed rollout in two weeks.

Benefit #1

Enabled 6,000 users to work remotely.

Benefit #2

Estimated 30-percent increase in employee productivity.

Benefit #3

Completed rollout in two weeks.

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ARMA's Digital Transformation: Ensuring Secure Remote Work for Polish Farmers with Zscaler

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