A major enterprise software developer, with nearly 3000 employees and dozens of sites worldwide, was facing significant challenges in safeguarding its data center from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and other network threats. The company's existing security appliance was aging and could not provide the level of security and manageability required to maintain internal security requirements. The company needed a solution that could block current and emerging attacks with customized protection, minimize manual IT processes for efficiency, and improve IT visibility throughout the network. The fluctuating incoming traffic from its Internet content delivery network often led to legitimate traffic being dropped due to the lack of intelligence in the existing security system.

Banco del Pacifico, the second largest bank in Ecuador, was facing an escalating scale and growing sophistication of cybercrime. The bank was witnessing a significant increase in the volume and complexity of cyberattacks, some of which were designed to disrupt day-to-day banking activities, while others were aimed at financial gain. The bank needed to improve the efficiency, visibility, and control of its in-house security resources to protect its assets and customers' money from thefts. The challenge was to defend against these advanced threats and safeguard the bank's deposits and other assets from cybercriminals.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a global technology company, was initially running its own datacenters which were sufficient for their computing needs. However, as the company expanded, it outgrew the computing capacity of its on-premise system. Cadence needed a system that offered scalability, elasticity, and securely enabled cloud demand. The company turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for help, but this move presented a new set of challenges. Cadence's AWS footprint covered more than 1,000 instances, 770 security groups, and 115 Amazon VPCs, with more than 4,000 different network security policies and rules. This left the company with the challenge of securing a very dynamic cloud environment. Additionally, Cadence also had Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in their multicloud environment. The company faced challenges in network security, compliance, and visibility in the multi-cloud environment. They needed a solution that would be compatible and effective across all major public cloud infrastructures.

Nihondentsu, an ICT consultancy based in Japan, faced a significant challenge in accommodating its rapid growth in network traffic. The company needed to deploy a new solution that would not impact its day-to-day operations and simplify ongoing security management. A critical aspect of this challenge was establishing a seamless link between its 18 offices across Japan. The company aimed to enable all staff to access the latest corporate and customer data securely. However, the VPN solution installed across all branches in 2000 had become unstable and insufficient. As communications across the business increased, the VPNs were unable to cope with higher levels of traffic. The system was complex to manage and difficult to maintain.

DataStream Connexion, a technology consulting and web application development agency, faced several challenges in managing the security and compliance of their cloud-based applications. They had to manage tens of Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) and security groups, creating an elastic cloud environment with hundreds of inbound and outbound rules. They also had to provide access to various resources for development and specific environments for production, while enforcing strict segregation according to predefined user roles. Furthermore, they had to allow their team self-servicing and flexibility, which meant allowing individuals remote access to their cloud environment at any time. Lastly, they had to implement end-to-end compliance management, which was especially complex given their customer base of federal agencies and healthcare organizations that had to adhere to standards such as FedRAMP, NIST, and HIPAA.

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, a leading German entertainment player with a strong e-commerce business, faced a challenge of accommodating rapid growth in network traffic. The company needed to segment different network users and simplify security management. The digital competition had changed the way viewers consume content, leading to a continuous state of service delivery. The company had to constantly engage with viewers across multiple platforms and offer entertainment across any device. Seven years ago, ProSiebenSat.1 brought its security management in-house with the primary objective to protect media files and customer data when moving between sites. The business also wanted greater responsiveness around security and to build its corporate knowledge of security threats and solutions.

Good Sam, the world's largest organization of recreational vehicle owners and outdoor enthusiasts, faced a significant challenge in managing its cybersecurity posture. With the company's rapid growth and numerous acquisitions, the cyber threats facing the organization increased substantially. However, their cyber protection infrastructure, which originally included McAfee Sidewinder firewalls and Cisco ASA devices, was not keeping pace. The existing security systems lacked the ability to provide visibility into advanced threats attacking the business. Good Sam had no way of knowing what threats were lurking in its infrastructure or targeting its end users. This lack of insight into potential threats posed a significant risk to the company's security, prompting the management to decide on a significant upgrade of its security posture.

Omnyway, a mobile shopping and payment platform provider, faced several challenges in managing its AWS cloud environment. The environment consisted of 2 regions, 4 accounts, and 20 VPCs supporting different applications, with applications spread across all accounts. The VPCs were designed to isolate specific information that did not need to be shared. All applications were replicated in the second region for resiliency and redundancy. However, as the platform scaled, the security groups became complicated, making it hard to track workflow and locate misconfigurations. Omnyway needed clear visibility into its security infrastructure. Another challenge was providing secure access for agile DevOps. Omnyway was providing developers access to their production environment through their bastion host, which was consistently experiencing brute force attacks. Lastly, Omnyway needed to enforce continuous compliance and security best practices to meet PCI certification guidelines and secure their environment.

FIASA, an in-house business consultancy for companies associated with the Parma Industrial Union, faced a significant challenge in protecting its customers’ sensitive personal data and its own corporate data from cyber-attacks. The company had to adhere to strict GDPR regulations regarding the storage of customer data. Additionally, FIASA needed to support mobile working while simplifying security management. The introduction of GDPR and an evolving threat landscape led FIASA to re-evaluate its security position. The company aimed to strengthen threat prevention for around 200 users of the FIASA network, support mobile working, and reduce the strain on in-house management and help desk support.

Commune d’Uccle, one of the 19 communes of Brussels Capital Region, faced a significant challenge in protecting its employees' mobile devices from emerging security threats, including zero-day disruptions. The local authority, which delivers and manages a range of critical services to a population of over 80,000, needed to ensure the consistent delivery of local services while integrating with new service providers. This often required the sharing of sensitive personal data, making it an attractive target for cyber-attacks. With the organization becoming increasingly mobile and promoting remote working for 500 staff members, there was a pressing need to upgrade its cybersecurity to protect against current threats and stay ahead of future issues.

Pacific Life, a Fortune 500 Company and one of the largest financial institutions in the US, began planning the migration of a portion of their workload to the public cloud in 2013. The Retirement Solutions Division at Pacific Life was tasked with this migration, led by Reza Salari, Manager of Information Security and Telemetry. The team chose Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its business differentiating value. However, the team faced challenges in managing network security, accelerating software delivery, and controlling data residency. Pacific Life’s AWS network includes over 150 security groups across seven Amazon cloud accounts in three US regions, with each varying between 5-20 security rules. The team needed to manage this growing complexity with AWS native tools as they expanded their footprint. They also needed to quickly test the security posture of software products early in the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Lastly, they had to control and prevent usage of AWS regions outside of the company’s approved US regions due to compliance and regulations.

Control Southern, a trusted automation partner for process industries in the Southeastern United States, was facing a growing number of multi-vector cyber attacks targeting its network and endpoints. The company's existing firewalls were reaching end of life and the existing Sophos platform was unable to handle the increasing threats of malware, phishing, and larger-scale infections. The situation worsened when Control Southern moved to Office 365 and experienced a surge in phishing attacks on its endpoints. Ransomware gained access through malware on a web browser, infecting servers and spreading to connected client computers, encrypting gigabytes of data within minutes. The company's McAfee software on endpoints was not updating systems correctly, adding the burden of manually pushing updates to endpoints almost daily.

In 2014, Xero, a global online platform for small businesses and their advisors, faced a challenge with its infrastructure and security. The company was managing a premises-based infrastructure that supported almost 700,000 subscribers but often found itself spending time and resources on controlling the environment, which limited the team's ability to fully support product innovation. Xero decided that only a public cloud infrastructure could provide the capabilities needed to support its next wave of growth. In addition to scaling to support millions of new customers, Xero wanted to reduce its cost of service delivery, ensure high infrastructure availability, and defend effectively against evolving cyber threats. Agility is fundamental to Xero. Hundreds of product-based teams release more than 1,200 product features and updates each year. Xero wanted to reduce the time it took to build out DevOps infrastructure from weeks, to days, to hours, to milliseconds. It also needed to support internationally recognized security standards, so the new infrastructure had to be secure by design.

Wagner AG, a Swiss IT service provider, was faced with the challenge of strengthening threat prevention capabilities at two connected data centers. The company needed to improve visibility of the threat landscape, with consolidated monitoring and granular reporting. Additionally, they wanted to ensure smooth handling of customers by maintaining business continuity. The company was planning to build two new data centers, located 120kms apart with two 40GB connections, to accommodate growth and strengthen redundancy. However, they needed a solution that would provide advanced security protection while maximizing uptime.

Laterlite, a manufacturer of insulating products for various sectors, is a complex and international operation with factories throughout Italy and sales offices in France, Switzerland, and Spain. The company's IT is managed centrally, coordinating various operations in more than 20 countries. The challenge for Laterlite was ensuring consistency of service for a diverse workforce spread across multiple locations. The company was aware that any cyber-attack could have a widespread impact on its IT services. The situation was further complicated when the company's incumbent firewall solution was nearing the end of its support, necessitating the exploration of more advanced threat prevention solutions.

Banregio, a leading regional bank in Mexico, was facing a significant challenge in protecting its assets and those of its customers from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. The bank's rapid growth in the financial sector had attracted the attention of cybercriminals, leading to a surge in cyberattacks. The bank's in-house security team was struggling to deal with these advanced attacks. Banregio needed to strengthen its network security with a solution that could identify and block new and advanced threats. The bank also sought to centralize the security management of the entire threat landscape, including PCs and mobile devices, software, and data on the cloud. This would simplify administration and proactively prevent cyberattacks.

The University Hospital Center of Charleroi (CHU Charleroi), a public hospital in the Wallonia region of Belgium, was faced with the challenge of ensuring data security while introducing over 500 corporate smartphones and tablets across the organization. The hospital aimed to provide its IT team with access to device apps without impacting on their device usability. Furthermore, CHU Charleroi wanted to introduce a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy to improve staff efficiency. However, the hospital needed a solution that would allow staff to add personal applications, but also provide the means to authorize, validate and approve these quickly. The key issue was whether the app would send data. The hospital also wanted to monitor BYOD access to suitable applications.

The prominent Museum in D.C., which documents, studies, and interprets history, faced a significant challenge in preserving and protecting irreplaceable documentation, photographs, videos, and recordings. The museum, which has welcomed over 40 million visitors, including 99 heads of state and more than ten million school-age children, was under constant threat from fifth-generation cyber-attacks. The museum's systems were barraged by hate emails, vicious social media posts, and increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks from around the world. The museum also needed to protect user identities and credentials against account hijackings and secure SaaS and hosted applications across a multi-vendor hybrid cloud environment. The security team's first challenge was to manage and protect user identities across the entire infrastructure, with employees and partners located around the world with varying levels of online access to institutional assets.

Motortech, a leading German engineering specialist, faced significant challenges in strengthening its network's threat prevention capabilities and improving its understanding of potential future cyber threats. The company operates in a highly connected, global marketplace, creating, sharing, and developing critical engineering designs that form the basis of its valuable intellectual property. As a vital link in a global supply chain, Motortech needed to protect itself against cyber threats to maintain its reputation and ensure the security of its IP. The company sought to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its cybersecurity by adopting a unified approach with a single solution and centralized management.

Phoenix International, a leading multinational corporation in Italy specializing in custom steel dyes for aluminum artifacts, faced significant challenges in protecting its corporate data and confidential project details across all its branches worldwide. The company also needed to safeguard employee privacy. The lack of a standardized security vendor across all branch offices complicated IT security management and reduced efficiency. The company's IT security was inconsistent, with different branches using different security brands, making it difficult to monitor and maintain. The challenge was further compounded by the company's phase of business growth, which involved opening new branches around the world, thereby increasing the pressure on the IT team.

Askoll, an Italian multinational company specializing in the manufacturing of electric motors, faced a significant challenge in securing its mobile workforce. With the company's rapid expansion into the electrical mobility market, the need to protect employees' mobile devices, regardless of their location, became paramount. The company needed to prevent mobile security threats and ensure business continuity while simplifying the management of IT security. The challenge was further compounded by the need to ensure that users were always connected and protected, on various devices and in any location. This was a significant task for Askoll’s IT team, which had to manage IT services for its global locations from two data centers in Italy.

Unisinos, one of the largest private universities in Brazil, was facing a significant challenge in managing its cyber security. As the university expanded and formed links with other Jesuit colleges across Brazil, its existing firewall solution became increasingly outdated. The university was struggling to cope with the increase in security threats, lacked visibility of these threats, and had no control over content access. This vulnerability was highlighted when concentrated cyber-attacks during the semester registration of new students left the Unisinos system down for an entire day, causing considerable disruption and inconvenience for everyone. The university needed a solution that could provide real-time visibility of the threat landscape and improve its security capacity as it became increasingly networked.

Telefónica, one of the world's leading telecommunications companies, faced a significant challenge in strengthening its mobile threat prevention capabilities. The company needed to close backdoor access to its corporate network and integrate with its in-house mobile threat cyber intelligence tool, Tacyt. The challenge was further complicated by the need to secure clients' assets in an increasingly interconnected environment. Telefónica's global cybersecurity unit, ElevenPaths, was tasked with creating disruptive innovation in cybersecurity to boost clients' confidence in their digital activity. A key area of focus was safe mobility, as unprotected mobile devices posed a significant risk of network breaches. To complete their value proposition, Telefónica sought to evaluate the best defense solutions against mobile threats.

Wilkin Chapman LLP, a large law firm in the UK, faced significant challenges in protecting its headquarters and branch offices from cyber attacks. The firm's reputation, a critical asset in the legal industry, was at risk due to the evolving threat landscape and the lack of dedicated cybersecurity resources. The firm's Head of Technology and Facilities, Dean Hall, expressed the need to strengthen security across all branches and update their out-of-support web filtering solution. The firm also aimed to promote a security-conscious culture to support its remote working strategy and streamline security management. However, the firm lacked the resources to employ a dedicated security manager, necessitating an external expert to manage security and keep them abreast of potential solutions and threats.

The European Space Agency (ESA) and its Earth Observation Directorate faced a significant challenge in protecting their various Earth Observation space missions. This task was complicated by the need to coordinate across multiple locations and with a diverse group of international partners, including NASA. The environment was highly complex, with the processing of vast volumes of scientific data. The agency needed to simplify security controls across an increasingly hybrid environment. The total data traffic, which was substantial, had to pass through the firewall. Therefore, a solution was required that could handle large volumes of data at the internet access point in Frankfurt.

iVRESS, a Japanese company specializing in information security consulting, was facing a significant challenge due to the rapid expansion of mobile technology in the Japanese market. This expansion exposed businesses to increasingly sophisticated and complex cyber threats. The small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) that iVRESS serves were particularly vulnerable due to a lack of high-quality, cost-effective security products tailored to their needs. iVRESS's key business challenge was securing mobility for their corporate customers amidst the exponential growth in mobile threats. Despite the importance of mobile security, iVRESS struggled to find suitable security solutions to offer its customers. Few security vendors in the market offered native support for Japanese customers. Mobile Device Management (MDM) vendors provided management tools rather than security tools, and these were overly complex, expensive, and time-consuming to deploy.

ENT Credit Union, a leading credit union in Colorado, was facing a challenge in improving its security posture with the ability to see east-west traffic and simplifying its infrastructure complexity. The credit union had rigorous security measures in place, using Check Point Firewalls for perimeter security to monitor north-south network traffic from the Internet to the bank’s network. However, they used a different solution to monitor east-west traffic—internal traffic moving on the network between credit union servers and locations. This posed a challenge as they needed a comprehensive view of all network traffic for enhanced security.

NHS England, the organization responsible for overseeing the budget, planning, delivery, and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the National Health Service in England, faced a significant challenge in securing mobile access for its 6,800 staff members. The organization had to simplify security management for its critical mobile workforce, which was increasingly reliant on mobile devices for tasks such as checking emails, sharing reports, setting up video calls, accessing staff records, and submitting expenses. The challenge was not only to provide secure access but also to ensure compliance with the UK’s Data Protection Act, 2018, and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Gimv, a European investment company, was faced with the challenge of securing critical data as it developed its cloud IT strategy. The company was also tasked with simplifying the management of an ever-changing threat landscape. As a business, Gimv's challenge was to identify investment opportunities, examining more than 1,000 companies each year for their investment potential. The company needed to balance corporate security with end-user flexibility, allowing staff to work from a device and location of their choice, while maintaining an overview of the threat landscape.

BH Telecom, the leading telecoms provider in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was facing a challenge in simplifying its security management as it accelerated its digital transformation. The company, which holds a 46.98% share of Bosnia’s mobile telecoms market, was in the process of transforming its digital landscape with a vision to provide a range of cloud, digital, and data services to its customers. As a market leader, BH Telecom was continuously working towards securing its ICT service offerings. It was crucial for the business to future-proof its security position across its data center to ensure business continuity and retain the trust of its customers. Additionally, BH Telecom needed to work with one vendor who could simplify its security management and clarify the company’s security roadmap.