Marunaka Transportation

Background

Marunaka Transport is a logistics company in Japan. With the recent increase in system failures and damage caused by ransomware attacks throughout the industry, Marunaka recognized the need to take measures against data breaches and network attacks to maintain the trust of their customers.

Previous challenges

The IT infrastructure of the transportation industry is essential for normal operations, and if a system failure occurs it is difficult to continue business operations and may cause losses. Therefore, high security and performance is required for network equipment, but at the same time, it is necessary to take into consideration the fact that large IT investment is not possible for small companies. Marunaka Transportation's system administrators urgently needed a security solution that could be built within their budget.

Solution

The system administrator of Marunaka deployed QNAP QGD-1602P and QGD-1600P ADRA NDR appliances, which are smart edge switches with advanced network traffic monitoring and security features. ADRA detects and analyzes lateral movements of malware activities at the access layer of the network, which is difficult to prevent with general security appliances, and quarantines infected clients from the network to prevent the spread of infection to other clients. Since only a portion of network traffic is checked, ADRA detection does not affect throughput in storage and services.

Result

Currently, two ADRAs are in operation as the core switch and distribution switch. Approximately thirty Windows PCs are connected to the network for the mission-critical business system, and printers and other vendor NAS are also installed. After migrating from the test environment to the production environment, system administrators have realized the following benefits:

Real-time traffic monitoring: The ADRA NDR appliance monitors network traffic in real time and can detect suspicious activity or unusual behavior. This allows for quicker detection and responsesd to unauthorized access or network attacks.

Enhanced security: The advanced security features of the ADRA NDR appliances enable better protection of the company's critical data and customer information. The risk of data breach is reduced, allowing employees to focus on their core business with peace of mind and improved work efficiency.

Faster troubleshooting: In the past, it took a long time to identify and resolve network issues, but the log information and traffic analysis of the ADRA NDR appliance enables issues to be identified and addressed quickly.

As a result, with the installation of QNAP's ADRA NDR appliance, Marunaka Transportation has strengthened its security measures and provided securer and more reliable services to its customers. In addition, operational efficiency has also been improved through faster trouble resolution and network optimization.