Enhanced Network Security for a Major Credit Union with Check Point SandBlast
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Application Security
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries
- Finance & Insurance
- National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions
- Maintenance
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
- Tamper Detection
Services
- Cybersecurity Services
About The Customer
The customer in this case study is one of the largest credit unions in the United States. As a financial cooperative, it offers a wide range of business and personal banking products and services through its many regional branches. These include deposit accounts, credit cards, loans, insurance, and wealth management services. Entrusted with billions of dollars in assets, the credit union’s highest priority is keeping their members’ hard earned money safe. As a financial institution, it has a lot of sensitive data to protect, ranging from its customers’ private information— names, addresses, and social security numbers— to credit card numbers and financial information.
The Challenge
The case study revolves around one of the largest credit unions in the United States, which was facing significant challenges in securing highly sensitive data, such as customers’ private and credit card information. The credit union was under constant threat from malware and phishing attacks, and needed to protect against a wide range of zero-day threats. The bank’s Information Security team, consisting of only four people, was spending up to 20 hours a week remediating problems. The previous solution, a firewall and email security gateway using signature-based detection, had been letting various Zero-Day malware through its perimeter. Users would receive emails with infected attachments or links that once clicked would cost the bank a lot of overhead. The company knew it had to find a solution that significantly reduced the time spent on remediation of email-borne infections, and made management of security simpler and more effective. It sought a security solution that would stay one step ahead of the curve and be able to defend against advanced threats such as ZeroDay and ransomware attacks.
The Solution
The bank found its solution in Check Point SandBlast Zero-Day Protection. The bank uses SandBlast on their Check Point Gateway. Emails get filtered through the Gateway, then forwarded to Check Point where Threat Extraction and Threat Emulation take place. The Network Solution allows the bank to leverage its Check Point infrastructure in order to enable Extraction and Emulation. With Threat Emulation, the bank is also securing their web. Check Point Threat Emulation uses CPU-level inspection to identify advanced threats and Zero-Day attacks that would have gone undetected by traditional solutions. The granularity of Threat Emulation allows it to identify and stop sophisticated evasion techniques such as Return-Oriented Programming exploits before they can cause any harm. The solution has prevented over a thousand malicious file and zero-day threats in the course of just one year.
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