Case Study: Sony Pictures Networks India slashes audit time and boosts security with Netwrix Auditor

Sony Pictures Networks India Expects to Slash Time Spent on Audits & Compliance

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), a leading television network operating multiple entertainment channels, faced the dual challenge of protecting highly sensitive data and ensuring availability of business‑critical systems like Active Directory and SharePoint while meeting time‑consuming quarterly SOX audits. The IT team needed a cross‑platform monitoring solution to reduce audit preparation time, detect risky activity quickly, and prevent disruptions that could damage the brand.

SPN deployed Netwrix Auditor to provide a centralized, cross‑platform view of system activity, with daily reports and alerts on access events, file changes and abnormal behavior. The solution improved detection of potential ransomware and other threats, tightened control over AD and SharePoint, and cut SOX preparation from about five days to roughly one day—with ad‑hoc queries returning answers in minutes—delivering stronger data security, streamlined compliance and lower risk of downtime.

Sony Pictures Networks

Dinesh Vora

Associate Vice President of IT Infrastructure & Security