“We started our ideation project around SASE in mid-2023, and at that point, we had seen opportunities to standardize a number of capabilities across endpoint security, email security, and network access across our organizations,” Foppiani says. “We realized we had way too many fragmented solutions, for example, handling SSE, CASB, secure web gateway [SWG], and so on.”
A key requirement was to be able to integrate the various security tools with Orbia’s existing infrastructure, such as SD-WAN, identity providers, and observability platforms, to gain a consolidated view of internet traffic and access patterns. Orbia wanted a provider with a truly global network presence with multiple points of presence, because relying on localized or regional security tools could result in visibility gaps for internet traffic originating from different locations.
Following an RFP process, Orbia decided on Netskope One, a converged security and network-as-a-service SASE platform that combines Netskope’s Intelligent SSE with its Borderless SD-WAN offering. Among the reasons Netskope stood apart from other vendors evaluated included Netskope’s ability to integrate well with Orbia’s existing SD-WAN strategy, which Foppiani says allowed for a more seamless transition. Gaining a global point of presence network —Netskope has POPs in 75+ regions—helped provide consistent access for users across different locations.
“What stood out was certainly the integration with our SD-WAN, and the ability for us to deploy at scale this integration across all of our environments, global points of presence, and the ability to have both agent and agentless private access,” Foppiani says. “With our cybersecurity observability pipeline, these were big factors that made us choose Netskope in the end.”
For instance, Netskope’s integration with Orbia’s cybersecurity observability pipeline enabled better visibility and threat detection across their environment. And the implementation of Netskope’s ZTNA capabilities helped Orbia secure access to its operational technology (OT) environment, which was also a key requirement for Foppiani. As a sustainable solutions company with a variety of manufacturing facilities around the world, Orbia needed to provide secure remote access to its OT environment.
“We need to ensure our global shield is effectively covering what we expect to protect,” Foppiani says.
