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SENTINELONE ENABLES ASTON MARTIN TO CONTINUE ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
Aston Martin selected SentinelOne to protect a century of motoring heritage and replace legacy antivirus . Here , Robin Smith , CISO , Aston Martin , discusses the thought process behind the partnership and how its business objectives align with SentinelOne ’ s technology offering . entinelOne , the
S autonomous cybersecurity platform company , became the official cybersecurity provider to British luxury car manufacturer , Aston Martin Lagonda , deploying the next-generation endpoint protection platform to secure its manufacturing , headquarters , supply chain and field offices against the everevolving threat landscape .
With a complex IT landscape , Aston Martin Lagonda needed a technology solution that would seamlessly perform across different operating systems and have robust APIs for seamless integration across the tech and cybersecurity stack .
We caught up with Robin Smith , CISO , Aston Martin , to find out more about why the organisation decided to work with SentinelOne and how the technology
I think I might have the best job in cyber . provider enables Smith to continue leading his team to success .
Walk us through your role as CISO of Aston Martin and what this looks like day-to-day ?
I think I might have the best job in cyber . As CISO at Aston Martin , I ’ m really lucky to take a total view on the enterprise and it ’ s an amazing organisation with a rich history . My day-to-day job is great as no day is the same , you get to see almost everything that ’ s going on in the organisation and you get to contribute towards the operations and the future of prestige , luxury automotive . I never know what I ’ m going to be faced with in the morning . It ’ s an extremely rewarding role and I ’ m hugely enjoying my time here .
Can you tell us about some of the challenges the organisation faces and how SentinelOne helps to tackle these head-on ?
We live in the age of the mega hack so organisations are constantly battling cyberthreats and risk from state sponsored action to corporate
Robin Smith , CISO , Aston Martin espionage to disgruntled employees . So what we need is security tooling that is automated , threat-orientated and can resolve problems . When we reviewed the market in the last few years , we were looking for a partner that would be able to deliver Extended Detection and Response ( XDR ) in an integrated fashion that would allow us to automate a lot of security analysis and aggregation to enable my staff to focus on threat remediation . I wanted to work with a partner that was cuttingedge and having looked at the market , SentinelOne was the clear leader in terms of disruption , innovation and service delivery . The company sponsors the Formula 1 car and I believe it is a www . intelligentciso . com
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