Securing Magnaflux’s Intellectual Property with Gradient Cyber MXDR
Industry
Manufacturing
Challenge
Magnaflux's IT team was burdened with security monitoring for its global network of endpoints, VPNs, VLANs, and firewalls. Brad Bilotta expressed concern about having the bandwidth to effectively detect and respond to threats without increasing headcount or investing heavily in security tools.
Results
By implementing Gradient Cyber’s MXDR platform, Magnaflux not only improved its cybersecurity posture but also empowered its IT team to focus on core business operations, ultimately driving greater efficiency and protecting critical intellectual property from potential threats.
Key Product
Managed XDR
Without MXDR, we’d have to add two IT headcount, and $100Kbudget for hardware and software and other things like AI that I’d have to start dabbling with. And that's a distraction.
Brad Bilotta
Division IT Manager @ Magnaflux
About Magnaflux
Magnaflux is a leading global provider of nondestructive testing (NDT)solutions, ensuring the safety and integrity of critical components in industries like aerospace, automotive, and oil & gas.The Challenge
With a small IT team responsible for a global network, Magnaflux struggled to balance their daily IT workload with the need to protect sensitive intellectual property from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. The manual effort to analyze logs and alerts was overwhelming and left them vulnerable to potential data breaches, particularly involving their proprietary chemical formulations used in NDT.
The Solution
Magnaflux chose Gradient Cyber’s MXDR platform to solve their security challenges. Our AI-driven, human-augmented solution provided round-the-clock threat detection and response across their entire network, including endpoints, cloud environments, and user activity. Our team of seasoned security analysts helped take immediate action on alerts, ensuring critical vulnerabilities were addressed before they became breaches.
"Without MXDR, we’d have to add two IT headcount, and $100K budget for hardware and software and other things like AI that I’d have to start dabbling with. And that's a distraction."
Brad Bilotta
Division IT Manager, Magnaflux
The Results
With Gradient Cyber’s MXDR, Magnaflux was able to:
- Avoid the need for two additional IT staff, saving them $100,000 in yearly costs.
- Significantly reduce alert fatigue and manual log analysis, freeing the IT team to focus on strategic business initiatives.
- Gain peace of mind knowing that their sensitive IP is continuously monitored and protected from potential breaches.
By implementing Gradient Cyber’s MXDR platform, Magnaflux not only improved its cybersecurity posture but also empowered its IT team to focus on core business operations, ultimately driving greater efficiency and protecting critical intellectual property from potential threats.