CUSTOMER CASE STUDY AL MAJED GROUPAl Majed Group was facing critical security issues with its existing
antivirus product.
They were unhappy with the fact that it offered no real time updates. This
made it challenging to manage and protect against ransomware. The teamwas forced to do the time consuming work manually.
With businesses being targeted more than ever for cyberattacks, security is
now a top priority for every organization. The IT team at Al Majid Group waslooking for a solution that could be controlled from a single console, secure
the network, and protect users from unknown malware, exploits, and ransomware. After evaluating several products, the team decided to go aheadwith Sophos Intercept X Advanced and Sophos XG Firewall.

CUSTOMER-AT-A-GLANCEAl Majed Group
Industry
Luxury RetailWebsite
www.almajedgroup.me
Number of Users
500

Sophos Solutions
Sophos XG 210 with EG Plus
Sophos Intercept X Advanced

CUSTOMER CASE STUDY AL MAJED GROUPChallenges
ÌÌ Effectively deal with the security challenges
ÌÌ Address hardware stability issues
ÌÌ Provide the IT team with daily security updates
through a central source

ÌÌ Establish a required, in-depth view on the online
activities of employees to protect them from threats
and underlying hidden risks

ÌÌ Secure devices and protect corporate data frompotential vulnerabilities with employee devices

The team was particularly impressed with Sophos
Synchronized Security. Synchronized Security simplifies
and unifies defenses with real-time intelligence sharing
between the endpoints and firewall. In addition, using
a single unified console to manage their endpoints
from the portal itself was convenient and improvedefficiency. The team was able to rapbidly set up theirSophos products, which were deployed in just twoweeks. Beyond the quality of the solutions themselves,
having great support from Sophos Partner Network Plus
Data Solutions was an added advantage. Al Majed Groupplans to deploy Sophos endpoint detection response(EDR) technology as well as Sophos’ encryption solution
in the coming months.

Results
ÌÌ Enhanced protection. Intercept X stops zero-day
malware, stealthy attacks and unknown exploit
variants. This provided Al Majed Group with theprotection and advanced anti-ransomware
functionality it needed to detect previous unknownattacks in seconds.

ÌÌ Instant results and performance. With the incredibly
fast response times via Sophos deep learningtechnology, Al Majed Group’s IT team now spends
less time responding to incidents. In less than 20
milliseconds, the model is able to extract millions
of features from a file, conduct a deep analysis, anddetermine if a file is benign or malicious.

ÌÌ Strong network security. Sophos XG Firewall blocks
unknown threats and exposes hidden risks with avisual dashboard, rich on-box reporting, and uniquerisk insights. Synchronized Security within thefirewall automatically responds to incidents on thenetwork, strengthening Al Majed Group’s network.

ÌÌ Return on Investment. Sophos solutions have beencost effective and simple to use. They have provided
the visibility that Al Majed Group’s IT team needed toincrease operational efficiency. The reliable, accurate,
and timely updates have helped the team in making
better decisions.

‘Sophos is the only
cybersecurity company
where we can manage
our entire security of
the infrastructure fromsingle console, andis only cybersecurity
company wherethe gateway andendpoint communicatedirectly without anyagents, Sophos neverdisappointed us.’
Nishanth Menon,IT systems manager,
Al Majed Group.

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2019-10-09 CS (PS)