Mastek partners with Netskope to accelerate its cloud security transformation journey

30 Jun 2022 , 09:20 AM

Netskope, the leader in Security Service Edge (SSE) and Zero Trust, has announced that it has been selected by Mastek, the global turnkey Digital Engineering & Cloud Transformation specialist, as the company’s simplified, unified and secure connectivity platform for cloud applications and infrastructure.

In line with Netskope’s core mission, Mastek aims to reduce its IT complexity, strengthen security and accelerate global delivery with a market leading provider.

Mastek continues to drive their internal digitization across the value chain, adopting a cloud and mobile first strategy. Its aim is to implement a ‘hire from anywhere, deliver from everywhere’ initiative, to meet rapidly growing demand for its services from an international customer base.

Netskope will help Mastek deliver its work from anywhere initiative, facilitating secure access to the internet and SaaS applications as well as providing Identity-as-a-Service (IaaS) capabilities. It will allow Mastek’s employees to work on a zero-trust basis from any device and any location, improving the employee experience without compromising data security.

In addition, Netskope will provide a unified view of all data flows, enhancing Mastek’s security posture and enabling better analytics to facilitate ongoing improvements to data management processes.

“As we continue our digital transformation and expand our ‘hire from anywhere and deliver everywhere’ initiative, cloud & data security is of the utmost importance,” said Hiral Chandrana, Global CEO of Mastek Group. “We see great synergies with Netskope, who share our core values and understand our enterprise security requirements. We also look forward to working with Netskope as we accelerate growth at scale and provide holistic solutions to our clients.”

“We’re thrilled to be working with Mastek, a leader in digital engineering & cloud transformation to secure its perimeter as it transitions to a cloud-first strategy,” said Sanjay Beri, CEO and co-founder of Netskope. “Our device agnostic solutions will enable a safer, better experience for all Mastek employees, regardless of their working environment, whilst safeguarding the company’s data as it travels through the cloud.”

Recognizing the numerous synergies between the two companies’ core offerings, Netskope and Mastek are also exploring a global go-to-market strategy in specific industries to offer prospective and existing customers combined digital engineering and cloud transformation and security solutions.

On Thursday early morning trade, Mastek was trading at Rs2,099.75 per share up by Rs24.25 or 1.17% from its previous closing of Rs2,075.50 per share on the BSE.