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Gamania Group Enhances Cybersecurity with CyberArk Solutions

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Gamania Group, a Taiwanese conglomerate with businesses in online gaming, e-commerce, e-payment services, and IT, was facing a significant cybersecurity challenge. With over 10 million registered members worldwide, the group was a prime target for hackers and ransomware attacks. The group's flagship business, Gamania, a mobile games publisher, was particularly vulnerable due to the nature of its operations. The company manages one of the world's most famous massive multiplayer online role-playing games, MapleStory, which attracts a diverse range of participants, including malicious individuals intent on causing damage or seeking to extract money from the business and its customers. Other businesses in the group, such as the GASH Mall online payment system and GAMA PAY payment-payment service, were also prime targets for cyberattacks. Aware of the high-level threat it faced, Gamania Group set out to build a modern and robust cybersecurity defense strategy.
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Gamania Group is a PC online game and digital entertainment corporation based in Taipei, Taiwan. It is the first Taiwanese online game brand to expand globally, boasting over 10 million registered members worldwide. The group's businesses span a wide range of sectors, including e-commerce, payment, entertainment, marketing, and IT services. The group's flagship business, Gamania, is a mobile games publisher that manages one of the world's most famous massive multiplayer online role-playing games, MapleStory. Other businesses in the group include the GASH Mall online payment system and GAMA PAY payment-payment service, the first of its kind in Taiwan.
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After conducting an extensive survey of the cybersecurity market, Gamania Group selected CyberArk as its Identity Security partner to address privileged access management and endpoint privilege security. In partnership with Digicentre, an IT business within the group that specializes in cybersecurity, Gamania began deploying a CyberArk Identity Security solution comprising of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager. Initially, CyberArk was implemented in the gaming division of Gamania, securing access for about 200 users. Over the next few months, CyberArk was used to protect customers, staff, and business operations for all businesses in the Gamania group. CyberArk enabled Gamania Group to automatically discover and onboard human identities privileged credentials and secrets, centralize policy management, remove local admin rights and enforce least privilege across the organization, and implement foundational endpoint security controls across platforms.
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With the implementation of CyberArk solutions, Gamania Group has significantly improved its cybersecurity posture. The company now has greater control and insights about the threats it faces, which provides better tools and tactics to mitigate risks. The improvements to security management operations have resulted in better efficiency and productivity. The company has also seen a reduction in its security management workload, freeing up resources and allowing skilled security engineers to focus on more valuable, customer-centric activities. The increased visibility of threats and more streamlined processes have prepared Gamania Group better for mitigating future threats.
Reduced the risk of cyberattacks by detecting and stopping a sizable portion of incidents
Reduced provision and deprovision of users from 1 day to 30 minutes
Significantly reduced the number of alerts the systems generate, improving efficiency and productivity
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