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Fortune 500 Manufacturer Sanmina Leverages Zscaler for Secure Cloud-First Strategy

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security
Applicable Industries	Aerospace Automotive
Applicable Functions	Maintenance Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Additive Manufacturing Tamper Detection
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Hardware Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Sanmina, a Fortune 500 global manufacturing and logistics company, embarked on its digital transformation early, adopting cloud applications and services like Google G Suite. The company has been actively migrating applications to the cloud and leveraging its advantages. However, the company’s migration to the cloud raised the bar for security. Prior to the Zscaler deployment, endpoint security and local firewalls on employee laptops provided a certain level of protection. However, when Sanmina’s more than 6,000 mobile employees were outside of the network and connected directly to cloud apps, they bypassed the security perimeter, increasing their exposure to internet threats. The company needed a solution that could provide comprehensive protection from web threats and enhance usability. Read More
About Customer	Founded in 1980, Sanmina is a Fortune 500 technology leader and manufacturer of sophisticated products for diverse market sectors, including computing and storage, communications networks, medical, defense and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor, multimedia, automotive, and clean technology. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, the enterprise offers end-to-end design, manufacturing, and logistics solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company is known for driving innovation on nearly every level—both internally and externally. Sanmina has approximately 45,000 employees, with 6,000 mobile professionals. Read More
Solution	Sanmina turned to Zscaler, a completely cloud-based solution, to address the security risk associated with their cloud migration. Zscaler Internet Access sits between users and the Internet, inspecting every byte of traffic, even SSL-encrypted traffic, providing comprehensive protection from web threats. Zscaler provides Sanmina with a complete security stack in the cloud that encompasses access control, threat prevention, and data protection—without the need for costly, difficult-to-manage appliances. The Zscaler global multi-tenant architecture is ideal for a distributed company like Sanmina, with multiple global locations and its continual drive to innovation. Zscaler has also helped streamline Sanmina’s IT administration. With a gateway at each location worldwide, Sanmina’s IT team was burdened with ongoing infrastructure maintenance and management. With Zscaler, the configuration and policy setting process has seen a huge improvement. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security

Applicable Industries

Aerospace

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Additive Manufacturing

Tamper Detection

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Hardware Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Sanmina, a Fortune 500 global manufacturing and logistics company, embarked on its digital transformation early, adopting cloud applications and services like Google G Suite. The company has been actively migrating applications to the cloud and leveraging its advantages. However, the company’s migration to the cloud raised the bar for security. Prior to the Zscaler deployment, endpoint security and local firewalls on employee laptops provided a certain level of protection. However, when Sanmina’s more than 6,000 mobile employees were outside of the network and connected directly to cloud apps, they bypassed the security perimeter, increasing their exposure to internet threats. The company needed a solution that could provide comprehensive protection from web threats and enhance usability.

About Customer

Founded in 1980, Sanmina is a Fortune 500 technology leader and manufacturer of sophisticated products for diverse market sectors, including computing and storage, communications networks, medical, defense and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor, multimedia, automotive, and clean technology. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, the enterprise offers end-to-end design, manufacturing, and logistics solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company is known for driving innovation on nearly every level—both internally and externally. Sanmina has approximately 45,000 employees, with 6,000 mobile professionals.

Solution

Sanmina turned to Zscaler, a completely cloud-based solution, to address the security risk associated with their cloud migration. Zscaler Internet Access sits between users and the Internet, inspecting every byte of traffic, even SSL-encrypted traffic, providing comprehensive protection from web threats. Zscaler provides Sanmina with a complete security stack in the cloud that encompasses access control, threat prevention, and data protection—without the need for costly, difficult-to-manage appliances. The Zscaler global multi-tenant architecture is ideal for a distributed company like Sanmina, with multiple global locations and its continual drive to innovation. Zscaler has also helped streamline Sanmina’s IT administration. With a gateway at each location worldwide, Sanmina’s IT team was burdened with ongoing infrastructure maintenance and management. With Zscaler, the configuration and policy setting process has seen a huge improvement.

Impact #1	The deployment of Zscaler has resulted in a notable improvement in Sanmina's cloud security. The company has seen an immediate improvement in URL filtering, a major weakness with their previous open source solution. Zscaler blocks or limits website access based on a user or a group across destinations or URL categories, issuing a warning when users click on a suspicious site. The company's experience with Zscaler has been close to flawless, and they are planning to take full advantage of the Google G Suite portfolio by adding Google Hangouts and messaging to the mix. Looking forward, Sanmina is exploring other ways in which Zscaler can streamline operations and strengthen security, always with the goal of furthering its cloud-first strategy.

Impact #1

The deployment of Zscaler has resulted in a notable improvement in Sanmina's cloud security. The company has seen an immediate improvement in URL filtering, a major weakness with their previous open source solution. Zscaler blocks or limits website access based on a user or a group across destinations or URL categories, issuing a warning when users click on a suspicious site. The company's experience with Zscaler has been close to flawless, and they are planning to take full advantage of the Google G Suite portfolio by adding Google Hangouts and messaging to the mix. Looking forward, Sanmina is exploring other ways in which Zscaler can streamline operations and strengthen security, always with the goal of furthering its cloud-first strategy.

Benefit #1	Zscaler blocks 10 times the number of malicious sites than then their legacy security tool.
Benefit #2	Zscaler has helped streamline Sanmina’s IT administration, reducing the time spent on configuration and policy setting.
Benefit #3	Zscaler eliminates the need for costly, difficult-to-manage appliances.

Benefit #1

Zscaler blocks 10 times the number of malicious sites than then their legacy security tool.

Benefit #2

Zscaler has helped streamline Sanmina’s IT administration, reducing the time spent on configuration and policy setting.

Benefit #3

Zscaler eliminates the need for costly, difficult-to-manage appliances.

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Fortune 500 Manufacturer Sanmina Leverages Zscaler for Secure Cloud-First Strategy

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