Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN), a leading Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Powerhouse, has always been committed to providing reliable and secure telecom and technology services to its customers. With a customer base of about 1 million households and 100,000 enterprises in Hong Kong, HKBN bears a deep responsibility to protect the data it receives from customers, partners and daily operations.
This commitment becomes increasingly challenging and complicated as HKBN continues digitalising its internal systems to enhance efficiency and user experiences. Moreover, with the growing migration of workflows and mission critical applications to the cloud, HKBN recognises that traditional protection is insufficient to meeting its stringent requirements for security.
Heightened Risk Demands Early Mitigation
“With web servers, VPN access points, remote access and other applications deployed over the internet in an age of ever-increasing cyberattacks, the security challenges and risks have intensified,” says Wilson Tang, HKBN Co-Owner and Chief Information Security Officer, “We need a new kind of visibility into our external attack surface to quickly anticipate, investigate and remediate various threats, including phishing attacks, fraudulent apps, cloud vulnerabilities, and more.”
In the ever-evolving landscape of information security, maintaining strong protection requires constant adjustments. Recognising this dynamic nature, HKBN proactively sought out a best-of-breed solution that encompasses the required security functionalities but also offered an optimal total cost of ownership.
Digital Risk Protection from Fortinet
“Delivered as software-as-a-service solution, FortiRecon includes External Attack Surface Management (EASM), Brand Protection (BP) and Adversary-Centric Intelligence (ACI).” Cherry Fung, Senior Regional Director, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia, Fortinet, says. “It empowers businesses to understand what adversaries are seeing, doing and planning to help counter attacks at the reconnaissance phase and significantly reduce the risk, time and cost of later-stage threat mitigation.”
“FortiRecon combines artificial intelligence and automation with security experts from FortiGuard Labs to deliver external weakness discovery, brand impersonation protection and proactive dark web monitoring, as well as actionable services like takedown and active web-based scanning,” Fung continues.
Enhanced Visibility into External Threats
By implementing FortiRecon, HKBN successfully transitioned to an integrated security management posture. This enabled HKBN to centralise visibility into its external threat landscape with a unified platform. HKBN now effectively tracks and monitors potential threats, promptly adjusting its security defenses in response to ensure optimal protection.
“With FortiRecon, HKBN can identify and address high-risk vulnerabilities around the clock. We have a single pane of glass to all external threats, providing insights into exposed and vulnerable assets—including the risk of third-party targeting by ransomware,” Tang concludes.
