Case Study stoneandchalk.com.au

Jenny Tian, Group Executive of Information Technology at Stone & Chalk, was facing a critical cybersecurity challenge. As a fintech and cybersecurity hub supporting hundreds of growing startups, her organisation needed to provide enterprise-grade security infrastructure whilst ensuring strong protection from sophisticated cyberattacks targeting the financial technology sector. The responsibility of protecting both Stone & Chalk's own digital assets and providing secure infrastructure for emerging fintech companies required a comprehensive application security platform.

One day, while attending a technology conference, Jenny met Adam from Peakhour. During their conversation, Adam explained how Peakhour had been successfully delivering comprehensive application security, advanced threat protection, and high availability to AustCyber. When AustCyber and Stone & Chalk merged, he saw an opportunity for Stone & Chalk's public website and enterprise business web applications to benefit from Peakhour's Application Security Platform as well.

Intrigued, Jenny listened as Adam outlined the advantages of the platform, including advanced threat protection, zero-day vulnerability defence, and comprehensive security monitoring specifically designed for fintech environments. Adam explained the sophisticated security capabilities including Web Application and API Protection (WAAP), intelligent bot management, advanced DDoS protection, and real-time threat intelligence, which would protect not only Stone & Chalk's public websites and their underlying infrastructure but also provide enterprise-grade security for the hundreds of fintech startups within their ecosystem, defending against data breaches, financial fraud, and sophisticated cyberattacks targeting the financial sector.

Jenny realised that the partnership between Peakhour and The Missing Link could deliver a winning combination of great products with expert pre- and post-sales service. Eager to seize the opportunity, she engaged The Missing Link to scope out and deploy the Peakhour solution for Stone & Chalk. The results were impressive, and Stone & Chalk soon began exploring other IT initiatives with The Missing Link.

Reflecting on the success of the Peakhour Application Security Platform, Jenny couldn't help but share her satisfaction, saying, "Peakhour has dramatically strengthened our cybersecurity posture whilst improving web performance, reducing our exposure to critical emerging threats like Log4shell and zero-day vulnerabilities, and enabling us to feel confident that our company, our fintech startup ecosystem, and business partners are comprehensively protected from sophisticated cyberattacks targeting the financial sector." As Stone & Chalk continued to thrive as Australia's leading fintech hub, Jenny knew that the partnership with Adam and Peakhour's enterprise security platform played a crucial role in their ongoing success and their ability to provide secure infrastructure for the next generation of Australian fintech companies.

“Peakhour has dramatically boosted our web performance while reducing our exposure to critical emerging threats like Log4shell, and enabling us to feel confident that our company, our customers and business partners are protected from cyber attack.”

Jenny Tian

Group Executive, Information Technology at Stone & Chalk