Onecom Case Study

Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security

Applicable Industries

Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Cybersecurity Services

The Challenge

Onecom, the UK’s largest independent business telecommunications provider, needed a centralised security platform that could protect its 400+ employees outside of the traditional workplace perimeter, while minimising demand for internal IT resources. The company was looking to grow rapidly in the next three to five years, so having a security solution that could scale alongside the company was very important. Onecom was particularly looking to protect employees from email attacks, such as phishing, and threats over the web, as well as save the IT team time and resources when it came to implementing security solutions alongside maintaining the highest levels of compliance.

About The Customer

Onecom is the UK’s largest independent business telecommunications provider delivering fixed line, mobile, unified communications, and connectivity solutions. It has over 400 employees and is planning to grow rapidly in the next three to five years. The company is Cyber Essentials certified and actively holds training on cyber security principles. However, it needed a centralised security platform that could protect its employees outside of the traditional workplace perimeter, while minimising demand for internal IT resources.

The Solution

Onecom chose Censornet’s multi-layered approach which analyses hundreds of variables per email to identify and protect the company from modern phishing threats, such as impersonation attacks. The fact that web security and email security are linked together in a consolidated solution means that if a new zero-day attack were to emerge, the two Censornet products would share data to ensure protection. This has removed IT’s burdensome manual task of having to monitor and update web permissions to ensure that employees are not accessing sites on the web that could be putting the company at risk. Onecom has been given extra peace of mind that attacks are being stopped by Linkscan™ - part of Censornet’s email security service. Linkscan™ provides time-of-click protection from malicious links in emails, giving certainty of security wherever the user is and however many re-directs the malicious content or site is hidden behind.

Operational Impact

The ease of use of the Censornet platform means that Onecom can roll out, monitor and manage core security services for remote users from one consolidated platform, saving valuable time for the busy IT team and ensuring consistency and compliance across users.
Onecom has also been impressed by the quality of customer support from Censornet, with a smooth migration for a considerable project, and ongoing expertise at their disposal.