Securing Proprietary Code in a Cloud-First Environment
This global gaming giant faced a significant challenge: ensuring that sensitive code uploads remained protected from unauthorized access and potential cyberthreats. As game development increasingly relies on cloud-based collaboration, securing proprietary code requires comprehensive, forward-thinking solutions that can handle the complexity of a large organization’s needs.
Traditional security measures, such as VPNs, proved insufficient in safeguarding uploads to centralized repositories. The company needed a more robust solution that could enforce strict security controls without disrupting developer workflows.
Implementing My OPSWAT Central Management
To address these concerns, the security engineering team deployed My OPSWAT Central Management, a single pane of glass solution designed to easily enforce strict device compliance and secure cloud access across broad networks.
"As we scaled our cloud infrastructure, we needed a solution that provided granular access control without adding complexity. My OPSWAT Central Management gave us the visibility and control we required." – Head of IT Security
Key Components of the Solution:
- Trusted Sources: The integration of a Trust Broker operating on a "deny-all-by-default" principle ensured that only trusted assets within the organization could upload proprietary code.
- Strict Compliance Enforcement: A network of 100 managed endpoints used by developers and third-party vendors had to meet pre-defined security policies before gaining access to critical cloud resources.
- Web Control via IDP (Identity Provider): IDP-based access control was implemented to regulate cloud application usage, preventing unauthorized connections and reducing attack surfaces.
- Azure Integration: The company is planning further integration with Microsoft Azure, enhancing security and policy enforcement for cloud-based infrastructure.
My OPSWAT Central Management allows for all of these solutions to be managed seamlessly in an easy-to-use dashboard overview. By leveraging these features, the company could easily identify and block compromised endpoints, mitigating risks such as man-in-the-middle attacks, credential phishing, and unauthorized data access, ensuring that game code remained protected throughout the development lifecycle.
With third-party vendors accessing our systems daily, enforcing a consistent, zero exceptions authentication system was a necessity, not an option. OPSWAT’s technology ensures that only compliant devices can connect to our cloud resources.
Senior Security Engineer
Enhancing Security with Advanced File Scanning and SBOM
The company is actively exploring additional security enhancements, including:
- MetaDefender Core™: Once the CI/CD pipeline is finalized, uploaded files will be scanned for malware signatures and hashes to detect hidden malicious code, reducing the risk of exploitation within the gaming platform.
- OPSWAT SBOM (Software Bill of Materials): This will provide a unified security platform to scan code, identify dependencies, and uncover vulnerabilities in open-source components, further strengthening the development process.
Delivering Secure Game Development for the Future
With 1,200 employees and a growing cloud-first approach, this leading game developer has reinforced its security posture with a multi-layered defense strategy made possible with My OPSWAT Central Management. The implementation ensures:
Seamless Security for Proprietary Code
Enforced security policies without disrupting developer workflows.
Continuous Compliance Across Endpoints
Dynamic posture checks ensure only secure devices gain access.
Frictionless User Experience
Secure cloud access without slowing down development cycles.
Proactive Risk Mitigation
Adaptive policies safeguard against evolving security threats.
Security isn't just about protecting our intellectual property—it’s about ensuring that every line of code we push remains uncompromised. With OPSWAT, we’ve strengthened our defenses without disrupting development workflows.
Chief Information Security Officer
By embracing a comprehensive defense strategy across all endpoints and leveraging OPSWAT’s solutions, this game developer is setting new standards for security in the gaming industry, ensuring that the next generation of interactive experiences is built on a foundation of trust and resilience against emerging threats.
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