COVER STORY
Garrison is allowing us to turn the tables and to enable some of our staff members more access . We see it as an enabler , providing access but in a way which doesn ’ t come with additional risks .
Can you outline some of the challenges you were experiencing prior to your work with Garrison and how its services helped you to tackle these ?
Prior to using Garrison , we tried to tackle the risks and threats in different ways . We were reliant on feeds to inform us that something was a known bad actor and should therefore be blocked .
We relied on staff to make sure they were highly vigilant and relied on software to detect anomalies , but we realised that neither software nor humans are perfect . Some of the adversaries have become clever in the way they target our users and entice them to click on links that would allow malware access to our environment .
Garrison has allowed us to change that with its architecture , removing the reliance on the human . We ’ re allowing staff to use our systems and click on links without them having to be perfect .
How would you describe your experience with Garrison so far ?
We have found Garrison to be extremely good at working with us . It has taken time to understand us and been very flexible and listened to specific requirements that we may have . It has also adapted its approach , products and the projects that it is working on with us , accordingly .
How do you continually manage phishing as one of the biggest threats in your industry ?
Phishing is potentially the biggest issue that many organisations face from a security perspective because it ’ s often the first step of many different types of attacks .
Traditionally we ’ ve tried to deal with it in different stages such as putting in a number of layers as we receive emails to try to check them pre-delivery to
52 www . intelligentciso . com