A reputed media conglomerate in India has the largest circulation of any English-language newspaper in the world, with 3,321,702 average qualifying sales, and over 15000 employees. Their new Chief Information Security Officer [CISO] first analyzed all loopholes in their IT system from a security stand point, and framed different approaches to address each issue.

There was no data security mechanism in place for hand-held devices, especially while accessing corporate email and mobile applications. Their internal users such as news reporters, back office users, leadership as well as their internal IT team members had access to email, intranet apps and internally developed mobile apps on their handheld devices without any security. Thus, there were many instances of data leakage. It was a major challenge for them to ensure that data isn’t leaked out before being published, keeping in mind sensitivities of media industry where the shelf of life of information is extremely short-lived. Likewise, there were more challenges, like no multi-factor authentication solution in place, all the apps being scattered, and users having to remember different user names and passwords for various apps and portals.