Case Study: Honeywell achieves full cloud visibility, reduces cost and risk, and transforms IT into a business driver with Skyhigh Networks

Honeywell reduces cost and risk while enabling collaboration across business units, making it a true business driver

Honeywell, a $39 billion manufacturing company, faced a CEO mandate to reposition IT from “old and stagnant” to contemporary, user-centric enabler. IT also lacked visibility into cloud usage and was wrestling with pervasive shadow IT—what executives thought were roughly 68 services turned out to be far greater—hindering proactive enablement and driving unnecessary cost and risk.

By adopting a user-focused HUE approach and deploying Skyhigh for Shadow IT (via Enterprise Connector and integration with Check Point) Honeywell gained actionable visibility within 24 hours, discovering over 4,500 cloud services—75% previously unknown. Armed with service-risk ratings and governance policies, the company consolidated redundant services, coached users away from high-risk apps, negotiated enterprise licensing, and turned IT into a collaborative business driver that reduces cost and risk across units.

Honeywell

Shaun Marion

Chief Information Security Officer