Quality driven, inventive and agile: that is YKK. For more than 70 years, YKK
has been, without question, the leading fastening company in the world. With a
production-supply network that is spread out in more than 65 countries, it produces
annually enough zippers to circle the globe at least 53 times!
question
How could YKK identify and manage security risks, protect their assets and comply
with ever more complex regulations while opening up access to applications and
data in a manageable and cost-effective manner?
answer
A Managed Firewall and Security Solution for all communications in and out of
its corporate wide area network (WAN) across 32 sites in the Europe, Middle East
and Africa region. This is delivered over our IP VPN backbone upon which the YKK
WAN runs.
results
The global fastener manufacturer can now meet its contractual obligations on
time, every time through the provision of industry-leading network security, take
advantage of access to complementary specialist security expertise and resources,
and speedily and accurately identify any security incidents down to IP port address
level on the Internet and their intranet.
YKK operates a "Just-in-Time" manufacturing policy that sees the company aligning its delivery promises as closely as possible with customer schedules and requirements.