Knight Frank

Case Study

About Knight Frank

Knight Frank is the UK’s leading independent real estate consultancy with more than 500 offices across 60 territories and more than 5,000 people.

They provide a worldwide service that’s locally expert and globally informed which allows them to connect people and property, perfectly.

Knight Frank's Challenges

There were two main challenges for Knight Frank. Firstly, they needed to find a solution that would give them a centralised control and full visibility of their estate, as they had no understanding of the sophisticated attacks that they were exposed to around the clock.

Another challenge for Knight Frank was that they needed to meet their customers and other stakeholders’ requirements by attaining the ISO:27001 status.

Knight Frank had no visibility across their IT and cloud estate.
Wanted to be less vulnerable to complex attacks.
Needed to further protect sensitive customer data.
Struggled to identify attacks around the clock.
Needed to be compliant with ISO:27001

Cyberseer's solution

Having worked closely with Knight Frank to understand their specific requirements, Cyberseer deployed an Exabeam SIEM utilising machine learning to surface anomalous behaviour that is then processed through Cyberseer’s ASPECT automation platform enriching, classifying and prioritising events prior to our forensic analysts triaging and reporting 24/7 to Knight Frank.

The service provides environmental visibility, detection of advanced threats protecting Knight Frank from sophisticated attacks.

How did Knight Frank benefit from our solution?

They now have full visibility of their estate, both Cloud and On-Premise.
They can detect threats early and mitigate risk swiftly.
Prevent emerging threats from escalating into a crisis.
They can now attain ISO:27001 status.
Appointing a leading MSSP helps to secure a brand’s reputation.

“By appointing Cyberseer we now have gained full visibility of our estate, leveraged advanced technologies with a service protecting knight Frank 24x7”

The Conclusion

Cyberseer’s on-going threat detection and analysis service strengthens Knight Franks’ security posture. The real estate group can now optimise its capacity for effective threat mitigation through having the ability to detect and understand the severity of internal and external threats targeted against its staff and technology.

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