Toptal enables global media giant to enhance security operations amid digital transformation.

With Toptal’s hands-on security expertise and support, the client rapidly adapted to an evolving threat landscape with timely cyber defense enhancements.

Client

A global media company with a multibillion-dollar valuation, reaching hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

Employees

5,000+

Revenue

$1.8B

Industry

Media and Entertainment

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Challenge

The company faced the challenge of rapidly evolving security threats while struggling to keep pace with hiring needs. The slow hiring process and difficulties in retaining staff led to gaps in its security operations, leaving the company vulnerable to emerging cyber attacks.

Solution

Establishing a Partnership

Toptal collaborated with the client to assemble a dynamic team of security specialists with expertise in cloud security, vulnerability assessment, and more. To foster strong integration, Toptal established ongoing communications to stay aligned with the client’s evolving priorities.

Targeted Security Capabilities

Throughout the partnership, the team implemented robust product security measures and leveraged threat hunting capabilities to identify potential vulnerabilities. Additionally, by integrating DevSecOps practices, the team fostered a culture of continuous improvement and resilience against emerging threats.

Outcome

Empowering Innovation

Toptal’s close collaboration led to the successful delivery of Terraform and Ansible code, with the pre-production phase completed two months ahead of schedule. This achievement was crucial in ensuring that the client could effectively continue its digital transformation without delays.

A Safe Platform for Advertisers

Toptal’s partnership with the client strengthened security operations, making them more dynamic. Combining high-quality security specialists and coordinated engagement management helped the client adapt to the evolving threat landscape, providing a safe platform for its advertisers.

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Toptal’s contributions to our Splunk migration from our on-prem data center to AWS have been critical to our success. Communication and collaboration with both our team and customer teams has been outstanding.
Senior Manager, Data Enablement & Analytics
Media Company

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