Background: Powering Secure Operations in Renewable Energy
A leading Korean eco-friendly energy company operates within a vital sector focused on producing alternatives to traditional fuels. As a large enterprise, it demands robust security for its complex operations and data. The organization has been a long-standing client of Genians, adopting Network Access Control (NAC) in late 2018 for a key office relocation. This successful NAC implementation and stabilization paved the way for a deeper security strategy.
Building on Trust for Advanced Threat Defense
Positive experience with Genian NAC, which provided solid network access control, fostered a favorable view of Genians’ products. Trust in Genians grew as the company sought to expand its security posture. Recognizing the increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the need for more proactive defenses, the company strategically advanced its capabilities.
Solution: Genians’ Integrated NAC & EDR for Holistic Protection
The company’s positive experience with Genian NAC naturally led to the adoption of Genian EDR in 2020. This strategic decision underscored their deep trust and continuous cooperation with Genians, seeking a solution that offered advanced threat detection and could integrate seamlessly with their existing security framework.
Genian NAC: A Robust Foundation for Endpoint Management
- Comprehensive Network Visibility & Access Control: Identifies and controls all connected devices, effectively blocking unauthorized access and users to minimize potential attack surfaces.
- Extensive Environment & Regional Support: Deployed across various networks in domestic facilities and supporting global security strategy across overseas entities.
- Efficient EDR Agent Deployment & Management: NAC’s file distribution plugin is essential 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 & Strategic Intelligence
Genian EDR delivers deep defense capabilities, surpassing traditional security solutions to combat advanced threats:
- Sophisticated Threat Detection & Analysis: Excels at detecting and analyzing intelligent threats like ransomware and fileless attacks, which traditional antivirus solutions often miss. Its behavior-based detection enables proactive defense against unknown threats.
- Comprehensive Endpoint Activity Visibility: Provides detailed visibility into all endpoint activities (CPU, memory, software, network connection), empowering threat hunting and deep incident analysis.
- Information Leakage Prevention & Incident Response Enhancement: Critical for preventing internal information leakage and providing essential data for rapid response and forensic analysis during incidents.
- Operational Efficiency & Simplified Security Operations: Optimizes security workflows, reduces manual intervention, and enhances overall security operational efficiency.
- Diverse Environment Support: Actively deployed across a wide range of environments in domestic facilities and overseas entities, supporting a unified global security strategy.
- Data Collection and Dashboarding for Security Intelligence (UEBA & DLP Focus):
- Genian EDR leverages machine learning to analyze endpoint behaviors, identifying potential threats (UEBA core capability) and contributing to DLP-related security through monitoring and detection of data leakage activities.
- The client emphasized EDR’s use for UEBA and DLP monitoring, expressing satisfaction (“Not interested in malware detection, but satisfied with UEBA-related content such as leakage prevention monitoring”) and frequently requesting custom dashboards for specific security intelligence needs.
Powerful NAC and EDR Integration Synergy: Realizing Unified Security Management
The close integration of NAC and EDR has been pivotal in building a truly unified security architecture:
- Efficient Agent Deployment & Management: NAC serves as the core infrastructure for EDR agent deployment and updates, ensuring efficiency in large-scale environments.
- Complementary Security Posture Enhancement: NAC controls network access, reducing the attack surface, while EDR detects and responds to threats within endpoints, establishing a multi-layered defense.
- User Context-Based Security Enhancement: User information from NAC is linked to EDR, allowing EDR to achieve security objectives based on user identity.
Summary: A Decade of Trust, Forging a Resilient Global Enterprise
This leading eco-friendly energy company has clearly demonstrated the powerful benefits of an integrated security solution that meets the complex demands of modern enterprise security. With Genian NAC in operation since late 2018 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 prioritize continuous threat monitoring and response, active optimization of anti-ransomware features, and proactive data collection for security intelligence. They maintain consistent monthly EDR maintenance, including service health checks and backup verification. They value direct manufacturer support and actively request custom dashboards for specific monitoring needs. This successful implementation showcases Genians’ ability to provide comprehensive, integrated, and future-proof cybersecurity for large-scale, critical enterprises worldwide.
Future Outlook & Strategic Expansion
The company continues to rely on Genian EDR for ongoing security monitoring and threat response, indicating openness to adopting new capabilities. They express interest in OT security expansion and suggest Genian enhance vulnerability management alerts. They also propose more proactive promotion of Genian’s educational content and organizing customer-manufacturer interaction events. This partnership exemplifies a strategic approach to cybersecurity evolution.
