Case Study: Equinix achieves 90% faster cloud-service assessments and Shadow IT visibility with Skyhigh Networks

Equinix Embraces The Cloud By Enabling Enterprise-Ready Services And Reducing The Assessment Time For New Services By 90%

Equinix, a global technology company, was struggling with unmanaged shadow IT as employees adopted many cloud services. The security team lacked visibility into which services were in use, the manual approval process required roughly 30 person-hours per assessment, and the company needed a way to track cloud data leakage and enforce data loss prevention and collaboration policies for Box.

Equinix deployed Skyhigh’s Cloud Access Security Broker (Skyhigh for Shadow IT and Skyhigh for Box) to discover and assess all cloud services, integrate just-in-time user guidance, and extend on‑premises DLP and governance controls into the cloud. The solution revealed unexpected services, cut cloud service assessment time and resources by about 90% (onboarding now takes 3–4 hours), enabled anomaly detection for data leakage, and enforced sharing and compliance policies for Box, reducing risk while accelerating procurement.

Equinix

Brian Lillie

Chief Information Officer