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Escorts Limited Manufacturing’s Valuable IP is Secured with Forcepoint DLP

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Database Security
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Escorts Limited, a leading engineering conglomerate in India, generates a large volume of in-house IP in the form of blueprints and designs for engines, transmissions, and machines like tractors, cranes, backhoe loaders, compactors, and equipment used in railways. This IP required protection. The company also does business with leading manufacturers worldwide, creating even more IP that must be secured. A largely mobile global marketing and sales force required secure access to IP on and off the official network. Read More
About Customer	Escorts Limited is one of India’s leading engineering conglomerates with a significant presence in agri-machinery, construction, material handling, and railway equipment. The company has manufactured over one million tractors, 16,000 construction and material handling units, and five million automobile components to date. With such extensive operations, Escorts Limited has enterprise-level data security requirements to safeguard its valuable intellectual property (IP), regardless of location. Read More
Solution	Escorts Limited chose Forcepoint DLP to protect its valuable data wherever it resides—on endpoints, servers, in the cloud, or on-premises. The powerful DLP functionality of Forcepoint helps protect data-at-rest, data-in-motion, and data-in-use. The solution also features a user-friendly wizard that makes it easy to deploy and manage. This approach ensures that the company's extensive R&D and the IP it generates are well-protected, and the global marketing and sales force can securely access the IP on and off the official network. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Database Security

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Escorts Limited, a leading engineering conglomerate in India, generates a large volume of in-house IP in the form of blueprints and designs for engines, transmissions, and machines like tractors, cranes, backhoe loaders, compactors, and equipment used in railways. This IP required protection. The company also does business with leading manufacturers worldwide, creating even more IP that must be secured. A largely mobile global marketing and sales force required secure access to IP on and off the official network.

About Customer

Escorts Limited is one of India’s leading engineering conglomerates with a significant presence in agri-machinery, construction, material handling, and railway equipment. The company has manufactured over one million tractors, 16,000 construction and material handling units, and five million automobile components to date. With such extensive operations, Escorts Limited has enterprise-level data security requirements to safeguard its valuable intellectual property (IP), regardless of location.

Solution

Escorts Limited chose Forcepoint DLP to protect its valuable data wherever it resides—on endpoints, servers, in the cloud, or on-premises. The powerful DLP functionality of Forcepoint helps protect data-at-rest, data-in-motion, and data-in-use. The solution also features a user-friendly wizard that makes it easy to deploy and manage. This approach ensures that the company's extensive R&D and the IP it generates are well-protected, and the global marketing and sales force can securely access the IP on and off the official network.

Impact #1	Shortly after implementing and fine-tuning the policies in the Forcepoint DLP solution, the company noticed a “drastic” decrease in the number of false positives recorded in a given week.
Impact #2	Both the project and the CIO leading the effort have won awards for this implementation.

Impact #1

Shortly after implementing and fine-tuning the policies in the Forcepoint DLP solution, the company noticed a “drastic” decrease in the number of false positives recorded in a given week.

Impact #2

Both the project and the CIO leading the effort have won awards for this implementation.

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Escorts Limited Manufacturing’s Valuable IP is Secured with Forcepoint DLP

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