Background: Securing the Complex World of Global Semiconductor Manufacturing
A prominent global semiconductor enterprise operates within a demanding industry, facing intricate security requirements. Protecting its vast network, which includes production facilities and sensitive technical data, is paramount. Any operational disruption from ransomware, data leakage, or insider threats can trigger devastating cascading business, financial, and reputational damage. The enterprise’s history with Genians dates back to 2009, when it first adopted Genian NAC, establishing a robust foundation for network access control.
Evolving Threats Demand Holistic Endpoint Defense
Managing cybersecurity across this large, highly-distributed IT environment is complex. Traditional security solutions proved inadequate against sophisticated threats, lacking sufficient scalability to manage increasing new devices and BYOD demands. The company needed a core endpoint security infrastructure to enhance visibility, control, and manageability across its entire IT network.
Solution: Genians NAC & EDR – A Decade of Integrated, Proactive Defense
The enterprise’s journey with Genians demonstrates deep trust and continuous cooperation, evolving its security capabilities strategically.
Genian NAC: Foundation for Global Endpoint Management
Genian NAC, operational since 2009, provided the robust foundation for network access control and efficient endpoint management.
- Comprehensive Network Visibility & Access Control: Identifies and controls all connected devices, effectively blocking unauthorized access and users.
- Extensive Environmental & Regional Support: Deployed across various networks (OA, FA, TGMS, PGMS) in domestic facilities and supporting global security strategy across APAC, EMEA, and North America.
- Efficient EDR Agent Deployment & Management: NAC’s file distribution plugin is crucial for efficiently installing EDR agents on tens of thousands of endpoints, streamlining version control and updates.
- Endpoint Problem Resolution Support: Diagnoses and resolves EDR agent deployment issues (installation errors, communication failures, resource conflicts).
Genian EDR: Advanced Threat Detection & Response at Scale
Genian EDR, adopted in 2020, delivers deep defense capabilities, surpassing traditional solutions for advanced threats:
- Sophisticated Threat Detection & Analysis: Excels at detecting and analyzing intelligent threats like ransomware and fileless attacks, often missed by antivirus. Its behavior-based detection enables proactive defense.
- Comprehensive Endpoint Activity Visibility: Provides detailed visibility into all endpoint activities (CPU, memory, software, network connection), supporting threat hunting and deep incident analysis.
- Information Leakage Prevention & Incident Response Enhancement: Prevents internal information leakage and provides essential data for rapid response and forensic analysis.
- Operational Efficiency & Simplified Security Operations: Optimizes workflows and reduces manual intervention.
- Diverse Environment Support: Actively deployed across OA, FA, TGMS, PGMS, and VDI environments in domestic facilities and overseas entities across APAC, EMEA, and North America.
- Custom Threat Detection & Response: Custom XBA rulesets detect specific behaviors, sending detailed event data to SIEM systems (Splunk, QRadar) for enhanced unified monitoring.
Powerful NAC and EDR Integration Synergy: Realizing Unified Security Management
The close integration of NAC and EDR is pivotal for building a truly unified security architecture:
- Efficient Agent Deployment & Management: NAC serves as the core infrastructure for EDR agent deployment and updates.
- Complementary Security Posture Enhancement: NAC controls network access, reducing the attack surface, while EDR detects and responds to threats within endpoints, establishing multi-layered defense.
- User Context-Based Security Enhancement: User information from NAC links to EDR, supporting identity-based security goals.
- Future-Oriented Integrated Management: Aims for evolution into a truly integrated endpoint security management system (access control, ID management, threat detection), potentially replacing existing solutions (e.g., Symantec Endpoint Protection), and pushing for IAM integration.
Summary: A Decade of Trust, Forging a Resilient Global Enterprise
This global semiconductor enterprise has demonstrated the powerful benefits of an integrated security solution. With Genian NAC operational since 2009 and Genian EDR since 2020, their long-term partnership with Genians is a testament to deep trust and continuous cooperation.
Achieving Robust, Unified, and Proactive Cyber Defense
The combined Genian NAC and EDR solutions have solved complex security challenges, enhanced operational efficiency, and built a stronger, more resilient security posture. They now possess improved visibility and control over their entire IT network infrastructure. Genian solutions ensure high levels of security and compliance, increasing overall productivity and providing a consistent user experience across their global operations. This successful implementation showcases Genians’ ability to provide comprehensive, integrated, and future-proof cybersecurity for large-scale, critical enterprises worldwide.
