About Astra Polytechnic
Astra Polytechnic (ASTRAtech), managed by the Astra Bina Ilmu Foundation (YABI), is a leading vocational higher education institution in Indonesia. With Diploma 3 and Diploma 4 programs, ASTRAtech is committed to equipping students with industry-relevant technical skills.
However, as cybersecurity threats grow more sophisticated, the institution faced challenges in effectively monitoring and responding to potential threats.
Source: https://pmb.polytechnic.astra.ac.id/
Challenges
Before implementing Sangfor Cyber Guardian MDR, ASTRAtech's security team struggled with:
- Lack of visibility: Limited tools for tracking and analyzing security activities across the network and limited detection capabilities on the endpoint with just traditional antivirus.
- Insufficient threat intelligence: Difficulty in identifying and addressing relevant cyber threats in real-time.
- Operational inefficiencies: Security monitoring required significant manual effort, reducing the team's ability to focus on other critical IT and academic tasks.
- Evolving cyber threats: Increasing hacking attempts from ransomware, zero-day attacks, APTs, Shadow IT, and IoT vulnerabilities.
These challenges prompted the need for a comprehensive and reliable cybersecurity solution that could provide proactive threat detection, fast incident response, and continuous security monitoring.
Sangfor Solution: Cyber Guardian MDR
To address these challenges, ASTRAtech deployed Sangfor Cyber Guardian Managed Detection and Response (MDR) to strengthen its security posture.
Cyber Guardian MDR is a professional security service that provides 24/7 security monitoring and response. Staffed with over 400 security experts, Cyber Guardian MDR delivers essential, on-demand security resources and expertise to organizations facing skill shortages and resource constraints, empowering them to operate securely and confidently amidst the evolving threat landscape.
Solution Benefits & Outcomes
The implementation of Cyber Guardian MDR has transformed ASTRAtech’s security operations, providing:
1. Cost-Effective Security Without Compromise
Initially, ASTRAtech sought an affordable, end-to-end security solution. Cyber Guardian MDR emerged as an ideal choice, offering educational institutions like ASTRAtech enterprise-grade security with budget-friendly and flexible packaging that aligns with their IT business strategy. The combination of advanced technology, expert security operations, and responsive support delivers maximum value without the high costs and time wasted on hiring additional staff, testing multiple technologies, or developing and maintaining internal SOPs.
By leveraging Cyber Guardian MDR’s readily available people, processes, and technology, organizations can save up to 70% in operational costs compared to setting up or expanding their own teams and tools to achieve the level of security assurance offered by Cyber Guardian MDR.
2. Proactive Threat Detection & Incident Response
After deployment, the Cyber Guardian MDR team have successfully detected and mitigated a ransomware attack and multiple other hacking attempts before they could cause major damage. Our early warning system and swift response capabilities enabled ASTRAtech’s team to contain the threats effectively.
3. Enhanced Visibility & Intelligence
With continuous monitoring, AI-powered analytics, and support from the MDR team, ASTRAtech now has real-time insights into security events, allowing for faster threat identification and remediation. This has significantly improved the team’s ability to understand and manage cyber risks.
4. Operational Efficiency & Resource Optimization
By outsourcing security monitoring and response to Cyber Guardian MDR, ASTRAtech’s IT team can focus on other critical projects without being overwhelmed by manual security tasks. This has improved overall IT productivity and efficiency, addressing the previous gap of unattended security alerts due to limited manpower.
5. Reliable Support
Sangfor’s fast and responsive support has strengthened ASTRAtech’s cybersecurity, thanks to our close working relationship with trusted business partners and a local office presence in Indonesia.
6. Local Data Security Compliance
Meanwhile, local MDR data center presence and a fast, assisted deployment model ensure full control over data, with locally stored logs to meet enterprise compliance requirements.
7. Future Collaboration
ASTRAtech values both Sangfor’s solutions and ongoing collaboration, including future cybersecurity education initiatives.
Cyber Guardian MDR can also provide security awareness training based on our firsthand experience with the latest techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) used by hackers. Our security awareness training reflects the latest social engineering attacks commonly targeting staff and employees. This proactive initiative helps improve staff awareness of cybersecurity attacks and reduces the security gaps in an organization caused by human factors.
Cyber Guardian excels in three key areas: product quality, cost-effectiveness, and exceptional support and delivery, making it a trusted solution for our cybersecurity needs.
Suhendra, Secretary of the Software Engineering Technology Study Program & Head of Information Systems Management Unit, ASTRAtech
Conclusion
By adopting Sangfor Cyber Guardian MDR, ASTRAtech has significantly enhanced its cybersecurity defenses, improved operational efficiency, and gained proactive threat protection.
With the increasing complexity of cyber threats, the institution now has a reliable and scalable security solution that ensures continuous protection and rapid response to emerging risks.
Looking Ahead
ASTRAtech looks forward to expanding its partnership with Sangfor, exploring opportunities to integrate cybersecurity education programs that enhance student competencies in threat detection, security operations, and advanced defense strategies.