Snowflake The 90s Called, They Want Their DLP Back
How Snowflake built a modern Insider Risk Management program
Solution
Achieved visibility and looking ahead with Mimecast Incydr.
Problem
Snowflake started testing DLP and CASB solutions to protect their data and gain visibility over their environment but found them severely lacking. Not only were they clunky and complex, but one tool they tried even slowed down machines.
Benefit
- Protected organization
- Safeguarded critical data
- Actively engaged employees to reduce risk
- Enhanced productivity
“If you’re trying to address growth and maintain collaboration, you can’t do it the old way. You can’t do it by blocking and encrypting — those days are gone.” Mario Duarte, VP of Security at Snowflake
Customer story
The Snowflake security team takes to heart that when it comes to data security, success also means increased risk. In order to preserve the collaborative culture that made them such a stand-out organization while also keeping their critical IP safe, they needed to build an Insider Risk Management program that gave them visibility into data movement, without putting up productivity roadblocks.
As a tech industry leader, Snowflake relies on their employees’ ability to share and collaborate quickly in order to get their jobs done. So they knew right off the bat that productivity was something worth protecting. They also knew they needed to work quickly. “We had 90 to 120 days before going public to have a solution and a really tight story about our insider threat program,” Mario Duarte, Snowflake’s VP of Security