CASE STUDY
Kenna Prioritizes PTC’s
Vulnerabilities in Under 10 Minutes
When Mark Arnold joined PTC as the Director of
Information Security, he faced several challenges.
Mark explained, “We were able to use the baked-in
First, he had to help his team consume and analyze data
quickly understand what was going on in the environment.
from multiple scanners. Second, he had to quickly spin up
More than that, when they saw the Risk Meters, they were
a best practice security function where none had really
blown away. The questions came fast and furious—what does
existed—and he had to do so as fast as possible. “We had a
that mean? Why is that red? What is that number there?
plethora of scanners and tons of data, but no one knew how
Kenna was able to help the company ask the right questions,
to make sense of that data,” Mark said.
and it facilitated a great conversation.”
dashboards in Kenna, and management teams were able to
10 Minutes to Value
“Kenna not only helped us consume that data, but was able
to do so very, very fast. Ten minutes was all it took for us to
get our data into the platform, and from there we were able
to identify the most important assets that were critical risks
for the company. Kenna helped us prioritize our efforts so
we knew what to tackle first.”
Data in Real-Time Context
The feature that drew Mark to Kenna, beyond the ease of use
and the ability to ramp up very quickly, was the threat feeds.
“
Kenna helps us focus
on the assets that
deserve our most
critical attention.”
Mark Arnold
Director of Information Security
“Kenna doesn’t just give us insight into our own data, but
helps us put that data into context with their real-time
threat feeds. It show us the exploits happening in other
environments and lets us compare them with assets in our
environment, which gives us a much better understanding of
Not Just Software, but a Team of Data Scientists
Mark concluded, “With Kenna you not only get the software,
but you get data science happening behind the scenes.
our own security posture.”
It’s like having your own team of scientists, helping you
Zeroing in on Internet Breaches
to prioritize.”
“It’s extremely helpful to be able to focus in on active
Internet breaches,” Mark continued. “That’s a feature that
we’re using most often in our vulnerability management
practice today, to be able to get at those assets that we
know are being exploited elsewhere and drive those numbers
down to zero. Kenna presents those assets to us in an easy-
understand your data better and sorting out what you need
“In my prior life I worked at a company where we asked to
fix all the vulnerability findings. You can’t do that! Kenna
helps us at PTC to focus on the assets that deserve our most
critical attention, and that’s why I love working with the
platform.”
to-understand way, and we’re able to address them quickly.”
Management Dashboards Made Easy
One of Mark’s other important priorities was to demonstrate
to management the breadth of risk in the PTC environment.
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