Cobham Satcom, a global provider of satellite and radio communications solutions for government, defense, enterprise, and maritime applications across land and sea, deployed Box to support secure collaboration and manage organizational data with more fine-grained controls within a wide range of regulated environments.
The company works closely with organizations operating in regulated jurisdictions worldwide to deliver communication technologies that enable reliable connectivity in remote and operationally critical environments. It has to support a wide range of controls including file locations, specialized encryptions, and access control requirements as well as logging and retention.
With an increased focus on continued protection of sensitive organizational data, Cobham Satcom is keeping strong security and compliance standards as a top corporate priority.
Key outcomes from the deployment
- Enterprise-grade compliance: Cobham Satcom centralized, segregated, and managed organizational data onto a secure Box platform with customer-managed encryption keys that enabled them to conform to various customer requirements
- Security made visible:Granular permissions and structured folder architecture helped embed security and governance practices
- Trusted partnership: Box Consulting provided guidance and understanding that enabled a smoother implementation within a complex regulatory environment
Strengthening governance for organizational data
Managing critical operational and project information across distributed environments requires a stronger governance structure and visibility. Prior to modernization, content was stored across multiple access-controlled locations, which made consistent access management and oversight more difficult.
Cobham Satcom sought to modernize its content environment by adopting a centralized and compliant platform capable of supporting regulated workloads while providing granular security controls and improved visibility.
Strategically, the organization aimed to implement a platform that would reinforce a security-first culture while enabling greater operational efficiency and future workflow automation.
Centralizing content and strengthening security posture
Cobham Satcom selected Box to provide a secure collaboration environment aligned with the organization’s regulatory requirements.
Key factors included:
- Security capabilities aligned with document and business owner requirements
- Support for customer-managed encryption keys
- Built-in controls for managing regulated data across distributed teams
“Visibility and controls were important to us, and Box allowed us to have both,” Lemuel Valdez, Chief Information Security Officer, explains. “It enabled our teams to take a more structured approach to organizing content and managing access.”
Visibility and controls were important to us, and Box allowed us to have both.
Collaboration between Cobham Satcom and the Box Consulting team also played an important role in the deployment, providing the expertise required to successfully implement the platform in a complex regulatory environment.
Reduced risk, simplified compliance, and stronger audit readiness
The implementation of Box has helped Cobham Satcom strengthen its governance framework and establish a centralized source of truth for organizational content.
Granular permissions have reinforced consistent access controls across teams, supporting a more structured approach to information governance while simplifying compliance processes.
Box also enables the organization to maintain clearer audit records and improve visibility into various security controls.
The transition required a small shift in working practices, which helped to reinforce stronger security discipline through the entire organization while enabling more secure collaboration.
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