With its physical and digital footprint growing, the global firm’s outdated legacy security stack has been replaced with AI-based cloud-centric platforms

When a global real estate logistics provider and investment management firm determined that its legacy security stack (built on VPNs) was not able to protect its users, data and applications from sophisticated cyberattacks, it decided to adopt a Zero Trust architecture.

With highly distributed operations in over 20 countries and more than 70 offices worldwide GLP has to protect its entire portfolio — from intellectual property to private client data — across its more-thanb-4,000 digital and physical assets spanning China, Brazil, India, Japan and the United States.

According to the firm’s shared Global Chief Information Officer, Miao Song: “Previously, we had been utilizing different tools and systems, such as VPNs, to keep our network and assets secure; but we realized that the suite of products we had deployed were ineffective in meeting our cybersecurity goals. We were looking… to implement a robust Zero Trust strategy… to attain our desired outcome.”

As part of the first phase of the firm’s Zero Trust transformation, cloud-based AI-powered solutions will enable both GLP staff as well as third-party vendors to securely and effortlessly access private apps and operational technology devices. GLP and its affiliated users will be able to take advantage of Zero Trust connectivity to all internal applications. This is especially beneficial in managing assets across the enterprise’s hybrid cloud environment globally. 

Details of future phases of the firm’s Zero Trust transformation plans are yet to be announced.

According to Andreas Hartl, Senior Vice President (Asia Pacific & Japan), Zscaler, the technology partner selected by GLP: “The severity, frequency and volume of cybersecurity is escalating faster each year. These growing threats pose a data security challenge to multinational corporations when it comes to protecting their assets across all locations, all the time,” and that his firm is “excited to support (GLP) in this journey to secure their operations globally.”