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Nikko Chemicals' Secure Cloud Migration with Data-Driven Approach
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
- Sensors - Chemical Sensors
Applicable Industries
- Chemicals
- Pharmaceuticals
Applicable Functions
- Maintenance
Use Cases
- Supply Chain Visibility
- Tamper Detection
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Nikko Chemicals, a specialty chemicals manufacturer in Japan, was facing several challenges in its cloud operations. The company was struggling with the time-consuming integration of logs from disparate sources, which resulted in restricted operational visibility. There were also security concerns related to cloud migration and the management of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. Additionally, the company had limited manpower and resources for managing its cloud infrastructure. These challenges were hindering the company's business continuity strategy, which aimed to run a secure, scalable, hassle-free, and fully visible cloud operation.
The Customer
Nikko Chemicals
About The Customer
Nikko Chemicals is a specialty chemicals manufacturer based in Japan. The company produces ingredients for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food, and sustainable products. As a responsible corporate citizen, Nikko Chemicals works to balance both environmental and economic considerations. The company is committed to running a secure, scalable, hassle-free, and fully visible cloud operation as part of its business continuity strategy. In response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent tsunamis in 2011, Nikko Chemicals initiated a cloud migration initiative for better business continuity planning.
The Solution
To overcome these challenges, Nikko Chemicals deployed Splunk®, a software platform that provides real-time operational intelligence. The company replaced its on-premises infrastructures with SaaS applications running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to minimize damage and speed recovery during disasters. The Splunk platform improved operational visibility across the organization and enabled a small team at Nikko Chemicals to manage multiple SaaS applications through a user-friendly and highly visualized interface. With Splunk, Nikko Chemicals could easily collect security-related logs from a wide range of applications to unify visibility across all its SaaS deployments. Log monitoring was now on a 24/7 basis, and log analysis was done through an external security operations center (SOC) service. This allowed Nikko Chemicals to automatically detect unanticipated outliers and respond to events in real time.
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