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Baillie Gifford Maintains Audit-Ready Status Through Security Segmentation

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	System Integration Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Baillie Gifford, a global asset management firm, was seeking a solution that would provide granular assurance of client data protection on an ongoing basis. The firm wanted to deliver a higher level of scrutiny than traditional segmentation methods could provide. However, re-architecting its network infrastructure was not an option due to the potential risks and costs involved. The firm was also considering leveraging cloud for efficiencies and to avoid vendor lock-in, but was concerned about governing the environments consistently. Read More
About Customer	Baillie Gifford is a global asset management firm that operates a central data center with 600-700 servers. The firm was looking for a solution that would provide a deep, insightful view of what’s traversing the network and enable them to ringfence based on logic rather than subjective high-risk methods. The firm was also considering the potential use of cloud services for efficiencies and to avoid vendor lock-in, but was concerned about governing the environments consistently. Read More
Solution	Baillie Gifford worked with Illumio Gold Partner Assure APM to run a proof of concept, deploying Illumio’s Adaptive Security Platform® (ASP) over a defined subset of the Baillie Gifford environment. Following the success of the PoC, the teams deployed a solution that gained both visibility and agility for audit-ready segmentation without intrusion. Illumio ASP allowed Baillie Gifford to maintain the existing network flows and provided end point segmentation by managing existing Windows and Linux network tools from a central location. The real-time application dependency map enabled the firm to monitor the flows of traffic across their network, then react and provide insightful segmentation with low risk of impact. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

System Integration

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Baillie Gifford, a global asset management firm, was seeking a solution that would provide granular assurance of client data protection on an ongoing basis. The firm wanted to deliver a higher level of scrutiny than traditional segmentation methods could provide. However, re-architecting its network infrastructure was not an option due to the potential risks and costs involved. The firm was also considering leveraging cloud for efficiencies and to avoid vendor lock-in, but was concerned about governing the environments consistently.

About Customer

Baillie Gifford is a global asset management firm that operates a central data center with 600-700 servers. The firm was looking for a solution that would provide a deep, insightful view of what’s traversing the network and enable them to ringfence based on logic rather than subjective high-risk methods. The firm was also considering the potential use of cloud services for efficiencies and to avoid vendor lock-in, but was concerned about governing the environments consistently.

Solution

Baillie Gifford worked with Illumio Gold Partner Assure APM to run a proof of concept, deploying Illumio’s Adaptive Security Platform® (ASP) over a defined subset of the Baillie Gifford environment. Following the success of the PoC, the teams deployed a solution that gained both visibility and agility for audit-ready segmentation without intrusion. Illumio ASP allowed Baillie Gifford to maintain the existing network flows and provided end point segmentation by managing existing Windows and Linux network tools from a central location. The real-time application dependency map enabled the firm to monitor the flows of traffic across their network, then react and provide insightful segmentation with low risk of impact.

Impact #1	Ease of deployment with a lightweight agent: The Virtual Enforcement Node (VEN) didn’t add anything to the network throughput. It has a very small footprint, and was deployed across all 600-700 servers.
Impact #2	Cross-environment visibility: Illumio ASP provides a detailed view of what the assets are – both in a physical sense as well as the logic critical data that’s moving across the network.
Impact #3	Audit-ready compliance posture: The team can quickly confirm granular segmentation with evidence of compliance for auditors, regulators, customers, and internal stakeholders.

Impact #1

Ease of deployment with a lightweight agent: The Virtual Enforcement Node (VEN) didn’t add anything to the network throughput. It has a very small footprint, and was deployed across all 600-700 servers.

Impact #2

Cross-environment visibility: Illumio ASP provides a detailed view of what the assets are – both in a physical sense as well as the logic critical data that’s moving across the network.

Impact #3

Audit-ready compliance posture: The team can quickly confirm granular segmentation with evidence of compliance for auditors, regulators, customers, and internal stakeholders.

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Baillie Gifford Maintains Audit-Ready Status Through Security Segmentation

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