Keeping the taps running
- Reimagine network connectivity: Existing virtual private network (VPN) was expensive, and it lacked adequate security visibility and controls to protect all user and application traffic.
- Reduce complexity: Disconnected security tools lacked the flexibility to adapt quickly
to hybrid working and the recently deployed Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Safeguard harsh environments: Network security needed to support remote, unattended environments such as water treatment plants and reservoirs.
- Reduce mean time to detect (MTTD): It could take 24 hours to detect new threats, increasing business risk.
Security journey
Network security
PA-series hardware firewalls
Advanced network protection
Cloud-Delivered Security Services
Incident response automation
Cortex XSOAR
Remote access and hybrid work
Prisma Access
Connected security tools protect water supply for millions
Aguas Andinas standardized on a simple, unified Palo Alto Networks platform approach to security, using an integrated suite of next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) powered by Precision AI, Prisma Access and Cortex XSOAR to deliver highly resilient and efficient cybersecurity.
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Safeguards water supplies
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The connected platform monitors, analyzes, and prevents sophisticated cyberattacks in real time with less complexity. This in turn ensures the data and applications underpinning the water services are safeguarded from threat actors.
Prisma Access, for example, secures all application traffic used by 400 hybrid staff across Aguas Andinas, regardless of whether they are working from home, in the field, or at the office. -
Accelerates safe, agile remote working
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Users benefit from direct access to OCI and other critical applications without the risk and complexity of connecting through a traditional VPN. Features such as least-privileged access, continuous trust verification, and continuous security inspection for all traffic protect all users, devices, apps, and data. This simplicity also contributes to a more rewarding user experience.
The team can safely onboard new users to the network within 10 minutes, rather than the four hours it previously took. -
Increases productivity
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The extensive AI-powered automation throughout the platform reduces the manual labor associated with day-to-day security. Overall, the team now spends 98% less time on security management.
Cortex XSOAR, for example, includes prebuilt playbooks to automate alert identification and triage. These and other automation processes have helped Aguas Andinas’ security operations center (SOC) reduce MTTD from one day—when it was performed manually—to as little as five seconds. More complex events that require manual intervention can be identified in as little as five minutes.
The connected platform monitors, analyzes, and prevents sophisticated cyberattacks in real time with less complexity. This in turn ensures the data and applications underpinning the water services are safeguarded from threat actors.
Users benefit from direct access to OCI and other critical applications without the risk and complexity of connecting through a traditional VPN. Features such as least-privileged access, continuous trust verification, and continuous security inspection for all traffic protect all users, devices, apps, and data. This simplicity also contributes to a more rewarding user experience.
The extensive AI-powered automation throughout the platform reduces the manual labor associated with day-to-day security. Overall, the team now spends 98% less time on security management.Learn more about Prisma® Access, Cortex XSOAR® and next-generation hardware firewalls
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