Sonesta International Hotels Implements Industry-Leading Cloud Security Through AccuKnox Collaboration

Key Findings

• Sonesta International Hotels partners with AccuKnox to deploy Zero Trust Integrated Application and Cloud Security for Microsoft Azure.

• Sonesta's goals include addressing multi-cloud misconfigurations, achieving compliance conformance, and automating the findings and ticketing lifecycle.

• AccuKnox was selected due to its comprehensive features, ease of deployment, ease of use, third-party integrations, and ability to provide real-time security against advanced zero-day attacks.

Background

Sonesta International Hotels, a major travel and hospitality industry leader, has partnered with AccuKnox to implement a Zero Trust CNAPP (Cloud Native Application Protection Platform) solution for their Microsoft Azure environment. This collaboration aims to enhance Sonesta's cloud security posture and align with the industry's best practices, as recommended by Gartner Group in its 2024 findings.

Gartner Group Recommendations

• Adopt CNAPP offerings to safeguard cloud-native applications and counter the growing attack surface.

• Leverage CNAPP to strengthen defenses against network attacks, compute, storage, identities, permissions, APIs, and the software supply chain.

• Prioritize solutions that cater to the increasing operational responsibilities of developers and cloud architects.

• Implement RVBM (Risk-based Vulnerability Management) and CTEM (Continuous Threat Exposure Management) to achieve actionability, risk control, security integration, and prioritization.

Sonesta's Goals and Objectives

• Address multi-cloud misconfigurations with a focus on reducing alert deluge.

• Achieve compliance conformance against CIS, SOC2 Type II, NIST, MITRE, and PCI across multi-cloud infrastructure.

• Integrate DevSecOps with SAST, DAST, and IaC security into the Azure DevOps pipeline.

• Automate the findings and ticketing lifecycle.

Sonesta's Selection of AccuKnox

After an extensive evaluation of multiple vendors, Sonesta selected AccuKnox for the following reasons:

• Comprehensive multi-cloud misconfiguration detection with a focus on toxic combinations.

• Continuous compliance visibility against cloud standards in CIS, SOC2 Type II, NIST, MITRE, and PCI.

• Consolidated view of the DevSecOps pipeline with SAST, DAST, and IaC security integrations.

• 45% reduction in engineering efforts due to the automation of findings and ticketing lifecycle.

Supporting Quotes

"We are thrilled that an industry leader like Sonesta chose us for their integrated Zero Trust ASPM/CNAPP platform. Their vision and strategy are very well aligned with ours, and we look forward to a great partnership," said Nat Natraj, co-founder and CEO of AccuKnox.

"We conducted an extensive evaluation of best-in-class vendors in the industry and selected AccuKnox based on their comprehensive features, ease of deployment, ease of use, 3rd party integrations, and real-time security to prevent advanced zero-day attacks. Their strong roadmap offerings in API Security and AI/LLM Security made AccuKnox the best choice for an integrated AppSec/CloudSec platform," said David Billeter, Cybersecurity Leader at Sonesta International Hotels.

Sources

• https://hackread.com/sonesta-international-hotels-implements-industry-leading-cloud-security-through-accuknox-collaboration/

• https://securityonline.info/sonesta-international-hotels-implements-industry-leading-cloud-security-through-accuknox-collaboration/