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LEADING MORTGAGE FINANCIER SECURES MOVE TO THE CLOUD WITH ILLUMIO

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Business Goals
In helping millions of Americans secure mortgage financing , this leading lender is focused on getting people into homes – and keeping ransomware out of its IT environments .
But traditional security approaches ( particularly network-based firewalls ) were making it hard to keep up with the growing demands of its business operations and the increasing threat of cyberattacks .
At the same time , the company ’ s leadership recognized that new public cloud platforms could bring greater flexibility , agility and speed to its organization , particularly in developing new applications for customers and its financial partners .
The advantages of the cloud are unquestionable , but the company ’ s chief information security officer ( CISO ) recognized that as his organization modernized its digital infrastructure , it also needed more sophisticated security capabilities .
Technology Challenges
For years , Zero Trust and defense-in-depth have been part of the company ’ s security strategy . But with ransomware on the rise , the need to reduce risk and ramp up protection for “ crown jewel ” systems and applications in a relatively flat network rose in importance to become one of the CISO ’ s top priorities . Thus began his search for a segmentation solution , a crucial piece of the Zero Trust puzzle . �
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