Gurunavi Reduces Operational Costs by Approximately 40% through Renewal to Zero Trust Infrastructure Supporting Hybrid Work

Tokyo Electron Device Limited (TED) has supported Gurunavi, Inc. in its network/security infrastructure renewal project to support hybrid work, by building a Zero Trust infrastructure utilizing the security platform 'Netskope One'. With this, Gurunavi established governance over cloud service usage and achieved approximately 40% reduction in operational costs by breaking away from its legacy VPN environment.

Gurunavi, aiming to maximize individual and organizational performance and create an environment where diverse talent can demonstrate their individuality, promoted hybrid work to support behavioral change from the perspective of work style reform. They initiated the implementation of Zero Trust to realize a work environment where cloud services can be used safely anytime, anywhere. This realized the following effects:
- Visualized cloud service usage and strengthened governance
- Maintained a safe and highly convenient work environment even under hybrid work
- Eliminated network congestion and improved hybrid work performance
- Eliminated vulnerabilities by moving away from aging on-premises VPNs, reducing operational costs by about 40%

Netskope's SASE for Cloud Visualization and Zero Trust Realization
In the spring of 2020, Gurunavi introduced 'Netskope One' as a SASE platform for the purpose of visualizing and controlling cloud service usage. Subsequently, as remote work became widespread during the COVID-19 pandemic, they decided to migrate from legacy VPNs to 'Netskope Private Access (NPA)' to achieve a Zero Trust network that applies the same security policies regardless of being inside or outside the company.

TED's Comprehensive Support from PoC to Production and Operation
Having built a relationship of trust with Gurunavi through the introduction and subsequent operational support of Netskope, TED provided end-to-end support in the NPA deployment project, from product selection, PoC (Proof of Concept), production deployment, to the operational phase.
- PoC design and technical verification support
- Dedicated TED SEs participated in the PoC, accompanying from requirements definition to design and verification
- Completed technical verification necessary for production deployment in an approximately 2-month PoC period
- Operational support via TED's 'Netskope Risk Assessment Report Service'
- Visualization of unapproved cloud service usage and behavior based on Netskope log analysis
- Policy optimization and cost-effective improvement proposals based on Netskope's latest technology trends

[Customer Comment]
Gurunavi, Inc. Development Division, Infrastructure Service Section Deputy Head / Corporate IT Group Head, Yuji Tsushima
'Amidst increasing cloud adoption, we felt the limits of existing on-premise proxies in dealing with shadow IT and traffic congestion. With Netskope's cloud visualization and control, combined with TED's log analysis reports, we established governance over cloud service usage. Furthermore, migrating to Netskope Private Access enabled us to build a Zero Trust environment applicable both inside and outside the company. We plan to continue our efforts toward realizing 'Secure Hybrid Work' by upgrading to a simple network architecture combined with high-quality internet lines and expanding to non-PC devices.'