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“ We partner with application owners to review flows and help define policies . You couldn ’ t ask them to read firewall rules , but Illumio ’ s App Owner View map and plain language labels make it infinitely easier for them to understand the flows and apply policy . We are confident that our applications are protected with the right level of segmentation – with no disruptions during enforcement .”
Not only do Chan and team continue to use Illumio to bolster their internal defences , but it is also helping solve another challenge : PCI DSS compliance .
Securing cardholder data is of paramount importance to Cathay . With Illumio Core ’ s mapping and policy creation capabilities , the organisation is able to meet many PCI compliance requirements . The team is also leveraging SecureConnect on over 1,000 workstations for instant workloadto-workload encryption of data in motion .
Customer benefits
Fast time to value
The team came in ahead of schedule , faster than anticipated , in segmenting its most critical and vulnerable applications .
Less risk , more uptime
The ability to test the impact of new policies without any changes to the network gives it much-needed confidence that enforcement will never break applications .
Greater visibility , cross-functionally
Using the real-time map to involve application owners in the segmentation process improves policy accuracy and ultimately increases Cathay ’ s security posture .
Clear path to compliance
Saving millions in potential firewall costs for PCI compliance , the team has Illumio Core ’ s encryption , visibility and segmentation capabilities at its disposal for compliance mandates . u
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