E-REDES, the primary energy distribution system operator in mainland Portugal, faced a significant challenge in securing its vast and diverse infrastructure. The company operates and maintains over 99% of Portugal's energy distribution power grid, connecting more than six million customers through 220,000 kilometers of lines, approximately 500 substations, and 60,000 secondary substations. With the increased digitalization of its infrastructure, E-REDES recognized the heightened cybersecurity risk. The company needed a solution that could provide detailed visibility of all network traffic within substations to identify and analyze abnormal behavior. Additionally, it was crucial to segment zones at each substation, separating the engineering zone used by employees for remote access to systems from the operational technologies dedicated to critical power distribution functions. Lastly, E-REDES required security assets that could detect, identify, and prevent threats from affecting either zone.

Sallie Mae was facing significant challenges in securing its cloud perimeter from external threats. The company needed to respond in real-time to events like malware, phishing, and injections that could potentially compromise the security of their systems and the data they hold. The existing on-premise data centers were not able to scale and speed up to the level required to effectively manage the security risks. The company was also struggling with reporting risk to management in a timely manner. The growing AWS environment added another layer of complexity to the security challenges, requiring visibility and scalability in the security solutions.

Proxeem, a company providing hosting, IT project management, and web development services, faced the challenge of securing websites, web applications, and APIs across a diverse customer base. The company's customers span a wide range of industries, each with different web applications and API connections into different platforms. Proxeem needed to deliver industry-leading protection affordably to its customers while minimizing ongoing solution management. The challenge was to implement reliable security across its customer base without extensive customization, specialized expertise, or extra support staff.

Optomi, a rapidly growing IT staffing company, was facing challenges with its Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool, Bullhorn. Being a Mac-based company, Optomi struggled with Bullhorn's compatibility issues as it was only compatible with Internet Explorer and Windows. To use Bullhorn, Optomi had to purchase and install VMware and Windows to run Internet Explorer and access the ATS. This process was not only cumbersome but also led to support issues as Bullhorn support representatives were working on PCs while Optomi recruiters were on Macs. Another challenge was the speed of the system. Optomi recruiters found that downloading usable documents was too slow and difficult, which led them to avoid using resume attachments in the original version of Bullhorn.

Mee Derby & Company, a leading recruiting organization for the staffing industry in the United States, was facing a significant challenge. The company was growing at a rate above the industry average and needed a technology solution that could keep pace with this rapid expansion. However, they lacked a reliable, high-performance system that was both fast and user-friendly. Their processes were not standardized, and the lack of speed was negatively impacting their performance. The company needed a solution that could scale with their growth without requiring additional resources, a solution that would not present a barrier to their ongoing expansion.

Spencer Gray, a staffing firm specializing in IT, Engineering, and Marketing, was facing significant challenges with their existing ADP time collection system. The system was inflexible and operated on a 'one size fits all' approach, which was not suitable for the diverse needs of their clients. Some of their clients required an e-Sign compliant timesheet attached to each invoice, a feature not supported by their current system. Additionally, data was being manually keyed throughout the process, leading to inefficiencies and potential errors. On average, Spencer Gray spent 4 hours a week on hold with ADP support, which was a significant drain on their resources and time.

ReThink Recruitment, a rapidly growing IT recruitment agency, was facing challenges with its existing customer relationship management (CRM) and email solution. The system was not able to effectively track communications between recruiters and candidates, leading to performance issues. The company's Operations Director, Tim Jacob, was in search of a more reliable and intuitive solution that could integrate with existing ReThink business applications and software in both front and back office. Additionally, the company needed a system that allowed employees to work remotely without any loss in productivity. The solution also needed to be highly scalable to accommodate the company's expansion plans without adding to the cost and complexity.

Spencer Ogden, a fast-growing energy recruitment specialist, faced several challenges in the months leading up to its launch. The senior management team recognized the importance of choosing the right customer relationship management (CRM) system for the future success of the company. Given the fast-paced nature of the recruitment industry, it was crucial to find an intuitive system that would allow their staff to work to their maximum potential immediately. The firm also needed to have its infrastructure in place before the official launch, which necessitated a system that was easy to implement. As part of their global expansion strategy, Spencer Ogden required a system that made it simple to add new employees and easy to set up in new offices. Another challenge was the issue of initial outlay on IT equipment. The company wanted to avoid extensive start-up costs that would only inflate with the company’s planned growth.

Winter, Wyman, a leading staffing firm in the Northeast, was facing significant challenges with its legacy systems. These systems were disjointed, difficult to use, and incapable of handling all aspects of the business. The lack of synchronization between vertical industry recruiting teams was a major issue. The visibility into the sales and recruiting processes was poor, making tracking client and candidate activity extremely difficult and time-consuming. This was affecting the firm's ability to focus on client relationships. Additionally, the legacy systems lacked the ability to generate forecasts and track performance metrics, which was crucial for the company's growth and success.

Talascend, a global supplier of resourcing solutions to the technical sector, faced significant challenges in maintaining efficient communication and business continuity across its global offices. The company's existing system was plagued with shortcomings, which were exacerbated by company expansion and the takeover of MPS Global in 2008. The system's poor reporting functionality resulted in a lack of recruiter visibility within the organization, leading to inefficient resource utilization and insufficient sales tracking. Talascend needed a system that could address the lack of intra-company visibility, allowing all employees to access real-time updated records. The system also needed to offer continuity, reliability, and global accessibility. Furthermore, there was an urgent need for full integration of email, calendars, and recruiting tools, along with the ability to integrate with new social networking platforms like LinkedIn and ZoomInfo.

Open Systems Technologies, a national staffing firm with a focus on IT, Professional & Government Staffing, was facing significant operational challenges in managing their back office. The company was spending over four days per week manually collecting time and entering it into their MAS500 system. This process was not only time-consuming but also prone to errors and inefficiencies. Timesheets were being emailed or faxed, and approximately 5% of them were getting lost each week. This resulted in hours of additional work to track down and rectify the missing timesheets. Furthermore, Open Systems was struggling to ensure that all 800+ timesheets were submitted and approved on time for processing. This was a significant challenge given the size of the company and the number of national offices it operated.

Forrest Solutions, a world-class staffing and recruiting firm, was grappling with the limitations of its legacy systems. These systems were disjointed, difficult to use, and incapable of handling all aspects of the business. The lack of synchronization between vertical industry recruiting teams was a significant issue. The visibility into sales and recruiting processes was poor, making tracking client and candidate activity extremely challenging and time-consuming. This lack of visibility was diverting attention away from focusing on client relationships. Additionally, the legacy systems lacked the ability to generate forecasts and track performance metrics, which was a significant drawback for the company.

All Medical Personnel, a leading healthcare recruiting firm, was facing significant challenges with its previous system. The system did not allow for seamless collaboration between multiple offices across the country, leading to fractured communication between sales teams and operations. This resulted in miscommunications, redundancy of work, and a lack of real-time visibility into operations. Additionally, the previous system was too disjointed to integrate with other applications, forcing the company to use several separate applications to track information. This led to wasted hours switching between systems. Furthermore, the old system made it difficult to track metrics and did not meet the company's increasing need for more sophisticated reporting.

Mutua Universal, a Spanish company managing occupational risk prevention, accidents, and sickness for 160,000 companies, faced a significant challenge in protecting its corporate Android and iOS mobile devices from cyber-attacks. The company had recently decided to provide over 500 employees with access to corporate applications via their mobile devices as part of its digital transformation initiatives. This move, however, exposed the company to potential security threats that could compromise the corporate network. The company needed a solution that would not only protect the mobile devices from network threats but also integrate seamlessly with its existing security infrastructure. The solution also needed to be simple to manage, given the scale of the company's operations.

Smart & Final was faced with the challenge of protecting its rapidly expanding retail presence from increasingly sophisticated professional hackers. The company needed to standardize firewall security across all its stores and centralize visibility and management. Additionally, they aimed to enable a rapid roll-out of new stores with minimal manual involvement. All these had to be achieved while reducing the strain on their small in-house IT team, which was tasked with managing the roll-out of firewalls to up to 50 stores a week.

Central New Mexico (CNM) Community College, the largest community college in New Mexico, faced a significant challenge in managing its multiple security defenses. The college needed to keep new or unknown threats from evading the reputation-based security solutions in place. With eight locations around Albuquerque, CNM had a large attack surface to defend. The IT and security teams worked closely to protect users, data, and other assets from cyber threats. However, the budget of a higher education institution could not increase at the same rate as the proliferation of threats. When it was time to refresh the college's firewall, the IT and security teams looked for a way to improve defenses while simplifying operations.

Grupo Financiero Multiva, a Mexican financial services provider, faced significant security challenges in protecting its network and clients' financial assets from unknown malware, Zero-Day attacks, and Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The bank was able to handle known malware using traditional tools, but it was defenseless against Zero-Day attacks as legacy solutions were no longer sufficient for detection and prevention. The frequency of DDoS attacks was also on the rise. The bank needed a central, manageable security solution that could provide comprehensive protection against these threats, including ransomware, APT, and email-borne attacks.

Arcopedico, a Portuguese ergonomic footwear manufacturer, was facing a significant challenge with its outdated corporate firewall. The existing firewall had limited functionality and was nearing its end of life. As more devices connected to the corporate network, the company realized the need to partition the network to enhance security. The urgency for a change in corporate policy became evident when Arcopedico experienced a 'phishing' incident introduced by an external email account on the network. Although the incident was quickly contained and had no impact on the business, it highlighted the company's vulnerability to cybersecurity threats.

RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, located in Germany, prioritizes IT security, especially the protection of students’ and employees’ personal information. The University was in need of an advanced solution to guard against modern threats, requiring proactive measures and greater transparency. A significant portion of the internal traffic goes through the firewall, necessitating a solution capable of handling large volumes of data. The University's distributed location also demanded efficient central management for all devices. Furthermore, a secure and robust VPN connection was crucial as many students use it to access the University’s network.

BHN Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG, an external IT service provider, was tasked with operating the entire IT infrastructure for a medium-sized engineering company at around 60 global sites. The challenge was to expand the Check Point infrastructure by connecting and securing global subsidiaries, upgrading the perimeter gateway, and installing a new data center firewall. BHN had been using Check Point security solutions for nearly 20 years, and due to an increasing awareness of cyber threats and a growing number of user connections and requirements, a full security infrastructure upgrade was needed. The upgrade was to include the engineering company's global subsidiaries, integrate sites that did not yet have a Check Point infrastructure, and connect them to headquarters.

CoxHealth, a leading regional healthcare system in southwest Missouri, faced a significant challenge in securing high traffic levels generated by COVID work-from-home requirements. The healthcare system's priority was to keep the network at maximum performance without allowing a cyber attack or malware to affect the network and cause an emergency system crash or interrupt patient care. However, the shift of 3,500 employees from onsite to work-from-home environments tripled network bandwidth usage and strained firewalls to capacity due to external traffic coming in over VPNs. Outlying clinics' network connections were also strained. Additionally, CoxHealth had to quickly install temporary kiosk environments, which also needed network connectivity, across the region to conduct COVID testing.

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, one of the largest research institutions in Saxony, Germany, was facing a significant challenge with its firewall technology. The institution was originally using the Check Point open server landscape without appliances, a solution that was no longer compatible with the growing performance demands. The institution needed a flexible security architecture that could scale instantly in an environment of growth. They were dealing with multiple systems for configuration and operation, which was not efficient. The increasing demand made appliances necessary. The existing system, under heavy load, would reduce the security level and allow traffic through without fully analyzing it. This posed a significant risk to the institution's security and integrity.

MOTORTECH, an international specialist manufacturer of components and accessories for the gas engine industry, was faced with the challenge of enhancing its security to combat the latest cyber threats, both known and unknown. The company needed to ensure complete protection and prevention of these threats to safeguard its sensitive data. The data needed to be protected from unauthorized external access to prevent encryption, deletion, and compression of internal data by malware. The company reviews the security market annually to ensure sufficient protection of its data, focusing primarily on current and future threats. For the past four years, MOTORTECH has been working with Check Point to counter the changing threat situation with effective solutions.

VITO’s Remote Sensing Unit, a part of the Flemish Institute for Technological Research, is a crucial entity that processes and archives satellite images, converting the data into actionable information on global matters. The unit, which has grown into a 100-strong team, operates an environment with around 650 physical servers and 7PB of data. The global significance of their data means it is delivered to almost every country in the world, leaving it vulnerable to cyberattacks on many fronts. The unit required comprehensive web and API protection that offered more than a traditional CloudGuard Application Security. The challenge was to protect the organization’s applications and websites from potential cyber threats while ensuring the security solution was scalable to support the growing organization.

SREI, one of India’s leading asset finance and leasing institutions in the infrastructure sector, faced a significant challenge when it decided to move its operations to the cloud. The company had to comply with stringent financial regulations on data security and protect customer and other internal data held in the public cloud. The transition was prompted by the need for a complete revamp of its 13-year-old datacenter. Being highly regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), its data had to be co-located in India and it eventually chose Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a cloud vendor. The company needed security solutions with the flexibility to support all deployment needs and to build a security perimeter around its operations, rather than just relying on AWS services.

Copro Holdings Co., Ltd., a rapidly growing company specializing in outsourcing construction and plant engineers, faced a significant challenge in improving the low retention rates in the staffing industry. The company aimed to outsource only the highest-quality personnel, which required a focus on hiring and training. A plan was put in place to lend all outsourced personnel smartphones with the goal of training and improving retention. However, finding a balance between security and usability proved difficult. The company also faced the challenge of changing the negative image of the construction industry as dangerous and involving long working hours. Additionally, some of the veteran engineers on staff were not accustomed to using smartphones, which added another layer of complexity to the implementation of the plan.

NHS Scotland faced the challenge of protecting vital patient healthcare data held in the public cloud. With the increasing use of digital services such as video consultations and smart technology, the security of health data became paramount. Over the past five years, NHS Scotland's data volumes have increased tenfold, making the task of securing the data even more critical. The organization needed a solution that could provide complete threat prevention against cyberattacks and could easily scale with the growing data volumes. In 2018, NHS Scotland was affected by the WannaCry ransomware attack, which impacted patient-facing services and made some patient data inaccessible. This incident highlighted the need for a robust solution that could prevent similar cyberattacks and ensure visibility into the information, who is accessing it, where it is being shared, and what is being done with it.

ARSAT, one of the largest ISPs and data center companies in Argentina, was facing a significant challenge. The company needed to migrate 60 virtual security systems to a new security platform without disrupting production. The existing Cisco firewalls were resource-intensive, with excessive memory consumption and frequent crashes. The company also needed to gain insight into a diverse environment and automate security management tasks. Additionally, ARSAT wanted to add GenV threat prevention capabilities across the network to ensure the best security against advanced threats.

RMK Marine, a global designer and builder of superyachts, faced the challenge of protecting its intellectual property and customer transactions. The company's infrastructure supports essential business operations, from shipping design to business transactions with its global customers. Security is critical as the firm's engineers and designers constantly work with sensitive proprietary data. The company also needed to securely support a remote workforce during the global pandemic. New threats are emerging all the time, and RMK Marine also focuses on protecting its environment from viruses, ransomware, and other threats that could disrupt operations, to keep its business running without interruption.

Henny Penny, a global manufacturing organization, faced the challenge of protecting its network perimeter from malware, phishing, and malicious attacks. The company needed to simplify its management complexity and maintain business continuity, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. With 900 employees working in various locations, including the office, from home, and in the field at customer locations, the company's small IT staff required next-generation protection that offered deep visibility and agility on a user-friendly interface. The challenge was to secure not only its data center but also its mobile employees in the field.