Safeguard 24/7 news distribution The transition from print to digital news services has forever changed the media industry and exposed the sector to an even broader array of cyberthreats. For Groupe Le Monde, a complex digital landscape, online content distribution, and the integration of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) have accelerated this risk, with potential consequences for freedom of information and plurality of opinions. The publisher needed to: - Secure expanding threat landscape: Groupe Le Monde was becoming a prime target for AI-generated phishing attacks, data theft, denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, and ransomware threats. - Reduce brand impersonation: Groupe Le Monde and its associate organisations were increasingly victims of content theft and brand impersonation, which are difficult to contain without adequate cybersecurity tools. - Increase visibility and control: A fragmented suite of network and endpoint security systems made it harder to create a single, joined-up view of cybersecurity. “With cybercriminals around every corner, Groupe Le Monde’s complex digital ecosystem created challenges for the 24/7 production, distribution, and management of news content. Our goal was to proactively ensure that cybersecurity and data privacy were embedded throughout the organisation.” – Laurent Sabri Chief IT Architect, Groupe Le Monde Anticipate and understand the evolution of security risks Groupe Le Monde standardised on a platform approach to cybersecurity, using a consolidated portfolio of Palo Alto Networks endpoint and network security technologies to safeguard the organisation from every type of known and unknown threat. The organisation was already using PA-Series hardware firewalls to centrally protect its headquarters and data centre. Based on this success, Laurent Sabri, Groupe Le Monde’s Chief IT Architect, and his team added Cortex XDR to defend the group’s endpoints and provide a centralised platform for detection and response. The AI-powered solution accurately prevents threats to the endpoints while gathering data from