Cybersecurity evaluation pioneer increases its security posture with Prisma Access Browser

SUMMARY

SecurityScorecard, a leading cybersecurity ratings firm, is making the world a safer place by transforming how organizations understand, mitigate and communicate cyber risk. Since its founding, the company’s operations have been globally distributed; today, it has over 500 employees and 2,800+ customers across 46 countries.

RESULTS

Weeks to Minutes

Reduction in time to onboard contractors and BYOD.

100K+

User events visible in just seven days.

>90%

Of all endpoints secured within 30 days.

CHALLENGES

Rethinking security to better protect a global workforce.

SecurityScorecard recognized that its distributed workforce opened it to more risk, providing a wider attack surface for threats. The company’s success and growth exacerbated that risk. Company leaders knew that in a security chain, people are the weakest link, and web browsers are the tool most commonly used by people. Therefore, leadership was especially concerned with securing browsers and personal devices.

Enhance security protection for globally distributed employees accessing company apps and data.
Allow and secure BYOD for employees, minimizing risk for the organization.
Provide a secure path for contractors to access company resources.
Gain the ability to adjust and evolve security policies over time.

“Prisma Access Browser is easy to deploy and easy to consume, which allows us to continue to scale the business while maintaining the security of our business and our data.”

Aleksandr Yampolskiy

Founder and CEO
SecurityScorecard

SOLUTIONS

A simple approach with a mighty impact.

The company wanted a solution to enhance its approach to security and advance core Zero Trust principles, like least-privileged access, to protect company resources. After evaluating several options, the company selected Prisma Access Browser. It was impressed with how the solution met its security criteria, from granular security controls that could be tightened over time, to ease of use, both to deploy and for user experience. This eliminated the need for user training.

Prisma Access Browser has allowed SecurityScorecard to fine-tune security controls based on business function, restrict or block access to risky websites, and adopt stronger controls for safeguarding data and limiting risk to the organization. Long-term, Prisma Access Browser is making possible SecurityScorecard’s rapid growth and expansion by providing a secure path for new employees and contractors to access company resources within minutes of joining the team. It has also provided company leaders a way to securely support BYOD that decreases risk to the organization while improving productivity.