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Paf Reduces Risk withSecureworks® Taegis™
ManagedXDRInternational gaming company expands detection
across endpoint and cloud environments

Company:PafIndustry:

GamingCountry:

FinlandEmployees: 350+Challenges• No dedicated security
staff, and IT couldn’t
keep up with alerts• Distributed workforce
accessing a hybridenvironment• Large volume ofdata essential for
their gaming platform• Lack of sufficient security
visibility despite multiple
point products

Solution: ManagedXDR

Challenge
Paf provides games on cruise ships, to dedicated gaming sites, and online. As Paf’s CTO,Fredrik Wiklund is responsible for making sure employees remain productive via accessto the company’s large AWS cloud environment. It’s not an easy task considering Paf’semployee base is spread out across Northern Europe. Wiklund said Paf invested in a varietyof point solutions such as endpoint technology, firewalls, and malware protection, but did
not have a cohesive way to detect threats that could bypass traditional security controls.
Especially as they built out their AWS environment, it was important to have holistic visibilityand a way to detect malicious behavior. The organization relies on both cloud and onpremise technology, but the massive amount of log data produced led Wiklund to consider
partnering with a third party to ensure the IT environment remains secure.
Paf does not have a dedicated security team. Instead, the IT staff also handles security.
That made staying on top of log traffic and looking for alerts very difficult, and kept Wiklund
from feeling the organization’s security posture was as strong as it should be. “We arecollecting the logs, but alerts are created and trying to manage that in an automated way
was too much,” Wiklund said. “We were looking for a solution to help us.”

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• Increase visibility acrosstheir IT environment• Gain on-demand accessto security expertise• Consolidate security
approach

Benefits• Proactive approach

keeps Paf ahead ofevolving threat landscape• Quarterly security

assessments provide deeper
insights and a preview offuture enhancements• Positive response fromregulators for external audits

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Solution
Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR delivers Paf the 24x7 visibility and direct access tosecurity expertise needed to keep their data and IT environment safe. ManagedXDR
leverages the Taegis cloud-native security platform, which continuously gathers andinterprets telemetry from proprietary and third-party sources, including endpoints, networks,cloud, and identity. Through investigation of and response to real-world active incidents,
plus adversarial testing and ongoing threat research, Secureworks studies, learns, andanalyzes adversary behaviors to ensure customers such as Paf remain protected despite
their unique challenges.
Wiklund needed a proactive approach to security, which he found with Secureworks. “Weneed to be in front of security, be ahead of what’s happening,” Wiklund explained. “Withransomware and everything else that’s hitting organizations, we need to be in front of that,and Secureworks helps us actually do this.”Engaging with security experts is a critical aspect of a strong security solution, and Wiklund
said doing that with Secureworks is not only easy, but delivers quick information. “In thechat for an incident, we just tag Secureworks and say, ‘OK, what’s going on here,’ and they
will investigate and tell us what they are seeing from the telemetry we are sending them,”
Wiklund said. “That is really helpful. We want to be able to have this quick access to security
expertise, and that is what we are getting with Secureworks. The answers are really fast.”

Benefits
Paf’s leadership entrusts Wiklund to make the right decisions when it comes to theorganization’s IT environment, and security is a critical component. The peace of mind
ManagedXDR provides Wiklund is proof that partnering with Secureworks is the rightdecision. As Wiklund explains, “When there are these big, massive security events that
happen in the wild, Secureworks will be proactive and check your infrastructure. Are weaffected by this? Do we have this version of the product that is affected by this security
vulnerability? Secureworks then gives recommendations on how to mitigate, and it is really
good that we have this proactive approach.”

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"We don’t need to goto several security
suppliers to buy eachindividual service. We
have Secureworks,
which covers all thesedifferent aspects whenit comes to security.
We get prevention on
the endpoint, broad
detection acrossendpoint, cloud, andother resources all with
automated response
actions, while being
fully managed bySecureworks."
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Another aspect of ManagedXDR that Wiklund likes is inclusion of the Secureworks Red
Cloak endpoint agent. Previously, Paf’s security strategy focused on prevention but lacked
the ability to detect at the endpoint, leaving the IT environment vulnerable. Red Cloak
gathers telemetry and strengthens the organization’s endpoint protection strategy withboth preventive and detective capabilities. Wiklund said he is interested in Secureworks’recently released Taegis NGAV add-on, and once his current antivirus subscription expires,
he is considering this add-on to further consolidate his security approach. “We don’t needto go to several security suppliers to buy each individual service,” Wiklund said. “We have
Secureworks, which covers all these different aspects when it comes to security. We getprevention on the endpoint, broad detection across endpoint, cloud, and other resources
all with automated response actions, while being fully managed by Secureworks.”"We really appreciate
having these updates
with the TEM and theCustomer Success
Manager, and getting
reports on what is goingon, what has happened,
and a little bit about
what is to come in
the next quarter on
the roadmap fromSecureworks."
Fredrik Wiklund
CTO, Paf

Paf benefits from quarterly security posture assessments with their Secureworks Threat
Engagement Manager (TEM), who reviews observed activity and security trends, threat
hunting findings, Taegis configurations, and upcoming features. “What are they seeing?”
Wiklund said. “What should we focus on. Reports on how many incidents are opened andclosed. We really appreciate having these updates with the TEM and the Customer Success
Manager, and getting reports on what is going on, what has happened, and a little bit about
what is to come in the next quarter on the roadmap from Secureworks.”
Deploying ManagedXDR helps Paf demonstrate a strong security posture to regulators who
perform external audits of the organization’s infrastructure. “On external audits, such as ISO
27001, we show how we work with Secureworks,” Wiklund said. “We show the incidents wehave and how we work together with Secureworks to solve those incidents, and usually auditors
are really impressed with this and say that we have great insight into our security logs. We havemultiple people reacting to any incident that occurs, and they are very happy with this.”
Taegis ManagedXDR is designed to meet customers where they are in their security journey.
For Paf, deploying ManagedXDR reduced their risk to threats, while maximizing the value of
its existing investments in security and IT technology, along with providing Wiklund and hisorganization access to security expertise that would be costly to hire.

About Paf
Paf is an international gaming company based in Finland, providing games on cruise
ships and online, and at gaming sites on Aland Island. Founded in 1966, Paf is licensed
and controlled by the Government of Aland. Its profits are distributed via grants to public
initiatives for the benefit of society, such as social activities, environmental programs, sports
and youth programs, and arts and culture events.

About Secureworks
Secureworks® (NASDAQ: SCWX) is a global cybersecurity leader that protects customer progress withSecureworks® Taegis™, a cloud-native security analytics platform built on 20+ years of real-world threat
intelligence and research, improving customers’ ability to detect advanced threats, streamline andcollaborate on investigations, and automate the right actions.

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ManagedXDR improves
threat detection andenables rapid response,
provides on-demand
access to security
experts, and reduces
operational burden.

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