Reinforcing the information security foundation for
Chun Yuan Steel

Threat intel sharing between NGFW and Cortex XDR has reduced risk and strengthened the company’s overall security posture.

One of the greatest features of Cortex XDR is that it uses machine learning to deeply analyze network data shared by the NGFW. Combined with Palo Alto Networks extensive threat intelligence—which can be shared across all of Palo Alto Networks products—Cortex XDR can uncover threats spanning the network and endpoints immediately, and respond through automated mechanisms.

The consolidation of NGFW and Cortex XDR enables critical data to be shared and provides coverage and threat hunting across the organization. This results in:

• Risk reduction and overall security posture strengthened.
• Reduction of operational spend.
• Improved threat detection and response time.

Previously, the information security team struggled with manually investigating every incident alert, a timeconsuming process that often made it difficult to identify root causes or confirm resolutions. The introduction of Cortex XDR has revolutionized this by leveraging its powerful analysis and integration functions to significantly shorten incident handling times.

As a result of implementing Cortex XDR’s incident handling and scoring, there has been a 60x improvement in processing efficiency. This is because Cortex XDR stitches data together to consolidate the high volume of alerts into a more manageable number of incidents, which are then ranked by severity, enabling the team to prioritize effectively. This consolidation, along with the contextual information and scoring provided, allows the information security team to focus their efforts strategically. Consequently, there’s an overall reduction in risk and a stronger security posture, as the team is no longer inundated with excessive alerts or sidetracked by low-priority incidents.

During the PoV, Chun Yuan Steel was able to ascertain that Cortex XDR would enable them to replace at least four security tools. Cortex XDR has enabled Chun Yuan Steel to increase network and endpoint visibility, threat detection using behavioral analysis, improved endpoint performance, and an uplift of their security posture.

Additionally, the reduction in security tools has led to operational efficiency as the information security team no longer needs to manage multiple tools. Cost-effectiveness is a significant consideration for many manufacturing companies. The removal of the additional tools has also led to reduced operational spend and Chun Yuan Steel is satisfied with the cost-effectiveness of Cortex XDR.

In the past, Chun Yuan Steel was limited by the insufficient detection capabilities, application compatibility issues and reduced endpoint performance, severely hampering their ability to detect and respond to threats. However, since deploying NGFW and Cortex XDR, Chun Yuan Steel has 100% threat detection coverage and can react in a timely manner.

Cortex XDR has powerful analysis functions which helps the security team to quickly identify the cause and time frame for the security incidents. In addition to reducing alert fatigue and speeding up the incident response, it enables for resource efficiency.

With information security playing an important role in national security, many governments also attach great importance to corporate information security protection. In addition to setting up a dedicated information security team in compliance with the Financial Supervisory Committee of Taiwan, Chun Yuan Steel also continuously reviews and optimizes the information security protection structure to demonstrate the company's commitment to information security.

Palo Alto Networks NGFW combined with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR has achieved excellent results and has been highly recognized by the security team and operations team. The selected solutions block malicious threat intrusions through in-depth detection mechanisms and response capabilities. In turn, this plays a role in strengthening Chun Yuan Steel's market competitiveness.

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