Case Study: Large Media and Entertainment Company detects insider data theft with Awake Security

Large Media and Entertainment Company - Customer Case Study

A large media and entertainment company faced a difficult-to-detect insider threat when an employee was caught selling highly sensitive intellectual property to a third party. Traditional threshold-based security tools were not effective because the transfers were infrequent, small in volume, and highly selective, and the employee was authorized to access the data. Awake Security helped the customer uncover this “low and slow” activity through deep analysis of network traffic.

Using Awake Security’s platform, the company identified the behavior as rare, persistent, and unique across the enterprise, with risk indicators visible on the device timeline and dashboard. The evidence from Awake Security enabled the organization to pursue legal action, demonstrating the solution’s value in detecting subtle data exfiltration that other tools missed.