Case Study / Dormakaba

Keeping Dormakaba Ahead

of the security curve
Key Results

5m+

PHISH Blocked/Month (avg)

29m+

Authenticated Emails

65+

Domains Protected:

BACKGROUND

Maintaining a strong secure posture while scaling your business

The 2015 merger of DORMA and Kaba created a trusted source for security and access control solutions with over 150 years of experience and millions of installations worldwide.

As an industry leader, Dormakaba develops seamless access solutions and services that make buildings smarter and more secure. Those values extend to its own corporate security. The Dormakaba team knew that email authentication with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC was a necessary step for continuing their evolution into the cloud while maintaining their leadership as a security company.

Email authentication with Valimail is a business-critical application for securing our corporate identity across the internet.
Geoff Stone
Team Lead, Hybrid Cloud Solutions

CHALLENGE

Supporting a secure global cloud environment

The merger of two large corporations and multiple acquisitions resulted in the need for centralized cloud solution management. Out of that need, the Hybrid Cloud Solutions team was created, led by company veteran Geoff Stone. Geoff and his team are responsible for supporting a secure cloud environment for all global employees. This includes centralized management and security for email sending services including Microsoft 365. With such a widespread ecosystem, and over 65 corporate domains, it wouldn’t be an easy task – but it was critical.

For Dormakaba, it was a question of “how” not “if” they were going to implement email authentication. The team at Dormakaba was already taking advantage of the security controls available as part of the Microsoft 365, but through their research, they learned that an additional layer was needed. Additionally, the company needed a solution to overcome the SPF 10-lookup limit, since that was problematic for an organization of its size.

SOLUTION

An inbound and outbound automated email authentication solution

After looking for a solution, the choice was clear. “When looking to the marketplace for a solution, it was not possible to identify any other key players that covered the scope of our requirements – from visibility to automated record management – across all of our identities.” Geoff recalls. The initial monitoring phase allowed them to see what their footprint really looked like on the internet. Geoff and his team deployed Valimail as a security layer to enhance the Microsoft 365 instance. There were two immediate benefits to the Valimail solution: first, Valimail provided instant visibility into senders using Dormakaba domains to send mail to internal employees from outside of the organization. It also provides visibility into senders using a Dormaka domain to send outbound mail to customers and partners. Second, Valimail overcame the SPF-10 lookup limit. With Valimail, senders are authorized and configured with a single click as needed – no limited applied. Having one platform to consolidate all of this control and information in one place allowed Geoff and his team to easily provide for business units that were previously operating in isolation.

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