- [Ivan] QNET is an eCommerce powered direct selling company
which offering a range of physical and virtual product
in more than 100 countries around the world.
- Cyber crime are attracted to eCommerce
like bears are to honey because it's easy to exploit.
The attacks have actually become more sophisticated,
more planned, and more intentional.
That's the challenge.
- QNET digital transformation began back in 2019.
At that time, we were very limited
by our legacy application infrastructure
and security ability.
I always used the phrase back then, security something
called "out of sight, out of mind."
That is a legacy thinking.
- Microsoft was providing tremendous
cybersecurity services on the Azure platform.
Microsoft Sentinel was easily integratable
into the different sort of services and systems
that we were adopting as a company.
- [Ivan] When we are using
the traditional SOC Services for external party,
we are only monitoring a fraction of our infrastructure
and provide information in very reactive manner.
But after launching with Microsoft Security Suite,
the information's become real time.
I can monitor the whole infrastructure
in a fraction of the original cost.
- Before we knew it, we were able to collect logs,
and I remember seeing the dashboard lighting up,
and all the incidents, and all the different types of alerts
that were coming in.
When we adopted the E5 suite of products,
one specific product that really helped us
was Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
I specifically remember in July of 2020
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint catching a web shell attack
on one of our critical web servers.
The product caught  the timeline
from the time the execution of the web shell started
to also the lateral movement.
What Microsoft Defender really brings to the table
is the behavioral aspect of the systems.
It knows what sort of a behavior is wrong,
as opposed to what is right.
And that is valuable when it comes to
cybersecurity and defense.
I'd say without these products we would never know
where we are or where we are going to.
- [Ivan] By adoption to Microsoft Cloud,
our ability to react to the market needs is way faster
and continue to track a better customer experience.
Now I have information that I can bring back to the board
and also to risk and compliance department.
I think the move to become transparent
is a key to success in this digital world.