Jagran New Media
Leading Digital Media Publisher in India
Client Overview
Jagran New Media, the digital arm of the renowned Jagran Group, is one of India’s leading digital publishers, operating high-traffic news and content platforms with a vast audience across India and global markets. With a rapidly expanding digital footprint and consistently high traffic volumes, the organization manages a complex ecosystem that includes news portals, mobile applications, and content delivery systems. Ensuring uninterrupted access, platform performance, and protection against evolving cyber threats is critical to maintaining audience trust and business continuity.
As cyberattacks targeting media organizations became more frequent and sophisticated, Jagran New Media required a modern cybersecurity framework capable of protecting both its network infrastructure and endpoint environment while enabling faster threat detection and response.To address these challenges, Jagran New Media partnered with AppSquadz to design and implement a comprehensive, enterprise-grade security architecture.
Client
Jagran New Media
Industry
Digital Media
Requirement
Implement advanced network and endpoint security to prevent cyber threats, improve application visibility, secure endpoints, and enable faster threat detection and response.
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Challenges They Face
Jagran New Media faced multiple cybersecurity challenges that increased risks across its platforms, infrastructure, and user ecosystem.
- Web-Based Attacks: As a major digital news platform, Jagran New Media frequently faced web-based attack attempts such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS). These attacks posed a serious risk of website compromise, data breaches, and service disruption.
- Uncontrolled Application Usage: Limited visibility into application usage across the network led to the emergence of shadow IT and unauthorized applications consuming bandwidth. This made it difficult to enforce security policies and maintain efficient network performance.
- DDoS and Traffic Flooding: High-traffic digital platforms are common targets for Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. Without advanced protection mechanisms, such attacks could cause portal downtime and disrupt user access to news services.
- Lateral Movement Within the Network: In the event of a security breach, attackers could potentially move laterally within the network to access additional systems. Lack of strong network segmentation increased the risk of internal compromise spreading across the infrastructure.
- Endpoint Security Threats: Employee devices and systems were vulnerable to ransomware attacks, malware infections, and zero-day threats. These risks could lead to operational disruption, data loss, or unauthorized access to internal systems.
Solutions We Offered
AppSquadz deployed an advanced cybersecurity framework that combined Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall and Cortex XDR Endpoint Security to provide comprehensive protection across the organization’s network and endpoints.
- Advanced Network Security Protection: The Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall provided deep packet inspection, advanced threat prevention, and real-time monitoring of network traffic. This helped detect and block web-based attacks such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting attempts.
- Application Visibility and Control:: Using App-ID technology, the organization gained full visibility into applications running across the network. This enabled Jagran New Media to detect shadow IT, control unauthorized application usage, and enforce stronger network policies.
- Protection Against DDoS Attacks: Zone protection and advanced security policies were implemented to mitigate traffic flooding attempts and prevent service disruption. This helped ensure the continued availability of digital platforms even during attack attempts.
- Network Segmentation and Internal Security: Network segmentation policies were introduced to restrict unauthorized lateral movement within the infrastructure. This improved internal security and minimized the impact of potential breaches.
- Endpoint Threat Detection with Cortex XDR: Cortex XDR was deployed across endpoint systems to provide advanced behavioral analysis and AI-powered threat detection. The platform enabled rapid identification of ransomware, malware, and suspicious user activity.
- Automated Threat Detection and Response: With Cortex XDR’s automated detection and response capabilities, the organization significantly improved its incident response efficiency. Security teams could quickly identify threats and take action before they caused operational disruption.
Project Overview
Jagran New Media partnered with AppSquadz to strengthen its cybersecurity posture across both network infrastructure and endpoint environments. AppSquadz deployed Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall to secure network traffic, prevent web-based attacks, and enforce granular application-level security policies. The firewall enabled advanced threat prevention, improved network visibility, and stronger protection against DDoS attacks. To complement network security, Cortex XDR Endpoint Security was implemented across endpoint systems. The solution provided AI-driven behavioral analysis, machine learning-based threat prevention, and automated incident response capabilities. By integrating firewall security with advanced endpoint protection, Jagran New Media established a comprehensive security architecture capable of protecting its digital platforms, internal infrastructure, and employee devices from modern cyber threats.
Technologies Used
Results
The implementation of Palo Alto Networks Firewall and Cortex XDR significantly strengthened Jagran New Media’s cybersecurity posture while ensuring uninterrupted operations for its digital publishing platforms.
- 94% effectiveness in preventing web-based attacks: Intrusion prevention and threat detection capabilities successfully blocked SQL injection and cross-site scripting attempts targeting the organization’s digital platforms.
- 92% improvement in application visibility and control: App-ID technology provided deeper visibility into application usage across the network, helping identify shadow IT and control unauthorized applications.
- 90% reduction in impact from DDoS and traffic flooding attacks: Zone protection policies and advanced firewall configurations improved the organization’s ability to mitigate large traffic spikes and maintain platform availability.
- 93% improved protection against internal lateral movement: Network segmentation policies prevented unauthorized movement across systems and strengthened internal network security.
- 97% effectiveness in ransomware prevention on endpoints: Cortex XDR’s behavioral AI and anti-ransomware capabilities successfully detected and prevented ransomware attacks before they could impact operations.
- 96% improvement in malware detection and prevention: Machine learning-based threat prevention helped detect file-based malware and stop infections across endpoint systems.
- 93% improved detection of zero-day threats: AI-powered analytics enabled the organization to detect previously unknown threats that traditional signature-based solutions could miss.
- 92% faster incident detection and response: Automated threat detection and response capabilities reduced manual effort for security teams and significantly improved incident response speed.
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