Expediting the Investigative Process to Stay One Step Ahead of Threats
A Fortune 100 consumer packaged goods company partnered with Ontic to centralize investigative research, accelerate threat profiling, and proactively monitor high-risk individuals—reducing research time from eight hours to 30 minutes.
Industry
Consumer Packaged Goods
Company Scale
Fortune 100
Program
Investigations & Threat Intelligence
Use Cases
Investigations, Persons of Interest, Threat Monitoring
Faster investigations with greater confidence.
Challenge
Limited information and manual research made it difficult to quickly assess high-risk individuals.
Solution
Ontic centralized investigative research and threat monitoring into a single platform.
Impact
The team reduced research time from nearly eight hours to 30 minutes while improving visibility into potential threats.
Products Used
The Challenge
When a threat actor has a social profile or address tied to their identity, it’s usually smooth sailing for corporate security teams to put the pieces together and assemble a more robust risk profile. However, some threat actors require additional creativity at the start of the investigative journey.
For a Fortune 100 consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, a previously unknown threat actor swooped into the picture and left his mark by entering a factory with a weapon. After the security team controlled the situation, the fear of this individual reappearing remained.
Previously, they relied on threat documentation — often 10 pages deep and lacking an organized sequence — to keep tabs on active threats. When individuals did not have a social presence or concrete address history, like the threat actor who barged into the factory, it left the security team scratching their heads on where to turn next.
The Solution
A connected platform for faster investigations
The Associate Director of Global Security grew increasingly frustrated with the amount of time and resources it took to assemble an investigative report. He knew there had to be a better solution to digging three pages deep into a Google search and comparing information to what was received from third-party vendors.
He turned to Ontic to view all data in a centralized place, shaving time and the anxious feeling of uncertainty off of his team’s day-to-day routine.
Faster investigative research
Instead of manually comparing information across multiple sources, the team uses Ontic to quickly assemble complete threat profiles from centralized intelligence.
Building a complete picture
Starting with only a name, city, and blurry photograph, the team quickly built a comprehensive profile that provided the context needed to better understand the threat actor and anticipate future risk.
Trusted intelligence in one place
By bringing investigative data together in a single platform, Ontic reduced uncertainty while giving investigators greater confidence in the information used to make decisions.
Better prepared for what's next
With faster research and a more complete understanding of persons of interest, the team is better equipped to proactively monitor potential threats and respond if activity changes.
“It took our team just 30 minutes to create a profile. Previously, we spent almost eight hours assembling research from third-party sources and relying heavily on Google search.”
Associate Director of Global Security, Fortune 100 Consumer Packaged Goods Company
The Impact
Better intelligence. Faster investigations.
By centralizing investigative research and threat intelligence, Ontic has helped the team investigate faster, monitor threats more effectively, and spend more time protecting the business instead of searching for information.
Proactive threat monitoring
The slightest change in activity is automatically captured and included in alert digest emails, helping the team stay aware of criminal activity, location data, and other emerging risks.
Trusted intelligence
Investigators can confidently share relevant threat information with contract security teams using tailored threat profiles that provide the right level of detail.
More time for investigations
With all investigative information centralized in one place, the team spends less time searching for data and more time focusing on active investigations and security operations.
Significant time savings
What once took nearly eight hours can now be completed in approximately 30 minutes, dramatically improving investigative efficiency.
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