Kavak increases cybersecurity efficiency and reduces SecOps costs by 50% with Cortex XDR

SUMMARY

Kavak is a global company revolutionizing the way people buy and sell cars. By switching its endpoint security strategy to Palo Alto Networks, this Latin American organization has accelerated detection and remediation of security threats across 5,000 endpoints and 10 time zones. AI-powered XDR provides Kavak with unparalleled protection against exploits, malware, ransomware, and fileless attacks. This delivers a 25% reduction in alerts and a five-fold increase in security productivity which, in turn, has allowed for the redeployment of four FTEs into more strategic roles.

RESULTS

50%

reduction in costs

25%

reduction in alerts

20 minutes

MTTD/MTTR

4 FTEs freed up

for more strategic tasks

CHALLENGE

Simplify detection, response and monitoring

Digital-first car-buying model demanded rigorous, proactive threat detection and response.
Legacy EDR tool lacked the proactive support and modern automation functionality needed to drive the car platform into the future.
Kavak needed a best-in-class solution to simplify detection, response, and monitoring—one that would adapt quickly to cybersecurity change and be more cost effective.

"Palo Alto Networks is one of the most important vendors in cybersecurity. Working with best-in-class partners helps protect our infrastructure and applications—and our users and their information."

Mauro Rossi

Security Operations Leader, Kavak

SOLUTION

Simple, complete, unified security visibility

Kavak standardized on Cortex XDR, which comprehensively outperformed the existing EDR in a benchmark test, to stop attacks and deliver full visibility and analytics. Deployed by B2CLOUD, a Palo Alto Networks strategic partner, the platform is live across more than 5,000 agents, 10 time zones and six countries, including most of Latin America, Turkey, and the Middle East.

The single, unified platform provides full visibility across this entire environment, stitching together endpoint, network, cloud, and identity data to accurately detect attacks and simplify investigations. AI-powered features such as alert grouping, incident scoring, and cross-data insights enable Kavak’s two-strong SecOps team to cut through the noise and accelerate investigations.

According to Mauro, B2CLOUD has provided exceptional support throughout the engagement: “B2CLOUD has been inspirational, providing the proactive knowledge and innovation to ensure a risk-free future for Kavak. Their monitoring service complements our team, reducing the time associated with threat detection and incident management and ultimately speeding our actions.”