Success Story

DEPT® Grows Innovation, Identifies Vulnerabilities 40 Percent Faster with Trend Vision One™

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Industry

Digital

Employees

4,500+ employees

Region

Amsterdam, Netherlands

IT Environment

Native cloud

Solutions

  • Identifies vulnerabilities and attacks 40 percent faster
  • Decreased troubleshooting time on security-related incidents by at least 30 percent
  • Receives notifications about misconfigurations in clients’ cloud environments before they cause damage

THE CHALLENGE

Advanced and unified protection delivered across all cloud environments

As a leading growth invention company with deep expertise in cloud, engineering, and digital transformation, DEPT® is trusted by global clients to design, build, and manage scalable, secure cloud environments. With clientele operating across diverse, multi-cloud, and hybrid infrastructures, DEPT® needed a security solution that was both cloud-agnostic and future-ready. The company looked for a partner that could match their global scale, provide reliable technical support, and align with their philosophy of continuous improvement in security best practices.

To strengthen their security offering and deliver even greater value, DEPT® decided to explore a partnership with Trend Micro. As a global leader in proactive cybersecurity, DEPT® was hopeful that Trend could help their clients innovate while maintaining the highest standards of security.

Moving cloud

By making Trend Micro part of our default architecture, we deliver not just innovation, but confidence by helping our clients move faster, safer, and smarter in the cloud.

THE SOLUTION

Guiding global teams towards a secure and unified path to innovation

To boost visibility and proactive protection, DEPT® deployed Trend Vision One. Trusted by enterprises worldwide, this AI-powered enterprise cybersecurity platform is engineered to deliver advanced threat detection, response, and protection of cloud workloads across various client cloud platforms.

“We believe that great digital experiences start with secure foundations. That’s why we integrate Trend Micro’s technologies—including [Trend] Vision One, XDR, MDR, container security, and many more—into every client environment we build,” says DEPT® Director of Cloud EMEA and Partner, Wesley Niels.

In turn, Trend Vision One has enabled DEPT® to monitor, analyze, and secure every layer of their clients’ cloud infrastructure and ensure resilience and compliance across all environments.

By partnering with a team of dedicated Trend specialists who make security seamless, DEPT® is given peace of mind that each deployment is tailored, optimized, and aligned with the latest best practices. Supporting this expertise, DEPT®’s Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team provides around-the-clock monitoring to maintain availability, performance, and protection, ensuring clients’ cloud environments remain secure and always online. “Backed by a team of 15-plus specialized SRE engineers, we ensure proactive protection, 24/7 monitoring, and seamless scalability across all cloud platforms,” says Niels.

As a Hybrid Cloud Security Certified Partner, we’re proud to combine Trend Micro’s leading security technology with our cloud expertise to help organizations innovate confidently and securely in the cloud.

Wesley Niels

Director of Cloud EMEA & Partner DEPT®

Wesley Niels

RESULTS

Leveraging attack path prediction using AI

With Trend Micro Vision One™ Cyber Risk Exposure Management (CREM), DEPT® is equipped with the tools to better help clients stay one step ahead of attackers. This innovative capability visualizes how a threat could move through a client’s cloud environment, revealing weak spots and potential attack routes before they become real risks. “As a Hybrid Cloud Security Certified Partner, we’re proud to combine Trend Micro’s leading security technology with our cloud expertise to help organizations innovate confidently and securely in the cloud,” says Niels.

With Trend Vision One™ Services – Managed Detection and Response (MDR), DEPT® is able to turn insight into immediate action. DEPT®s security experts continuously monitor, prioritize, and fix vulnerabilities by boosting protection, speeding up response times, and removing the complexity for internal security teams, as well as customers. “By making Trend Micro part of our default architecture, we deliver not just innovation, but confidence by helping our clients move faster, safer, and smarter in the cloud,” Niels adds.

NEXT STEPS

A winning team for cloud security

With Trend, DEPT® is able to unite world-class security innovation with specialized cloud implementation expertise built on trust, collaboration, and shared success. “Our partnership with Trend Micro reflects DEPT®’s commitment to delivering secure and scalable cloud solutions for our clients worldwide,” concludes Niels.

ABOUT TREND MICRO

Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, the Trend Vision One enterprise cybersecurity platform harnesses AI to protect hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. TrendMicro.com

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