Established in 1996, Currencies Direct was the first non-bank foreign exchange provider in Europe. Today, It stands out in the foreign exchange industry for its unique combination of payments technology with personalised support, offering straightforward payments solutions to businesses operating in international markets.
Currencies Direct selected CyberOne to deliver a project-managed deployment of Zscaler’s Cloud Security platform, as part of a secure cloud transformation programme.
Currencies Direct has grown by acquisition and has a global presence across four businesses in multiple countries. Each company has different types of users, devices, and locations, bringing deployment challenges.
Today’s traffic often goes straight to the cloud, bypassing traditional perimeter security. Mobile and remote workers connect directly to the internet using multiple devices.
As a result, the project objectives were to transform how applications are accessed and security controls are enforced. With 1000+ users, spread over 26 sites in 8 countries globally, the project objective was to:
Most users were concentrated in 3 main regional headquarters, but with many small branch offices. There was also an ever-increasing number of remote workers.
Other challenges Currencies Direct faced included:
A mid-sized branch site was identified as a test site. The service was then incrementally and systematically rolled out over a week, with several prescribed tests built around business-critical applications to measure the success of the Zscaler deployment.
Per the project plan, the successful Zscaler deployment ensured a smooth transformation with minimal business disruption and leveraged the strengths of Zscaler’s cloud security platform, delivering on the defined goals.
Zscaler Internet Access has moved Currencies Direct’s entire security stack to the cloud with integrated security services that correlate data instantly for high-security protection.