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MTN Nigeria Bolsters Cybersecurity with Check Point Solution

Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud

Applicable Industries

National Security & Defense
Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Cybersecurity
Tamper Detection

Services

Cybersecurity Services
System Integration

About The Customer

MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, a leading cellular telecommunications company in Africa. The company's mission is to be a catalyst for Nigeria's economic growth, not only by providing world-class communications but also through innovative and sustainable corporate social responsibility initiatives. As Africa’s largest mobile telecommunications provider, MTN Nigeria provides critical connectivity across the continent. It covers one of Africa’s most important economies and serves its largest corporate customers, making it a prime target for cyber criminals.

The Challenge

MTN Nigeria, a leading cellular telecommunications company in Africa, was faced with the challenge of protecting its data centers and users while ensuring service availability. The company, which provides critical connectivity across the continent, was under constant attack from cyber criminals due to its significant role in one of Africa's most important economies. The management of an ever-changing cybersecurity landscape was becoming increasingly complex. MTN Nigeria needed to strengthen its cybersecurity capability immediately and establish a more secure long-term position. The company was also looking to simplify the end user experience and reduce management costs.

The Solution

MTN Nigeria adopted the Check Point 61000 solution, along with endpoint security and SandBlast Threat Emulation (sandboxing). The Check Point chassis-based solution is a high-performance and scalable platform, achieving up to 180 Gbps of threat prevention throughput in a single firewall instance. The ATCA compliant, carrier-grade design offers unsurpassed scalability, availability, and serviceability with high performance and high port density. Check Point SandBlast Agent extends the proven protections of SandBlast Zero-Day Protection to endpoint devices, as well as to web browsers. Threat Extraction reconstructs downloaded files in seconds, eliminating potential threats and promptly delivering a safe version to users. Threat Emulation discovers malicious behavior and prevents infection from new malware and targeted attacks by quickly inspecting files in a virtual sandbox.

Operational Impact

The implementation of Check Point's solution has allowed MTN Nigeria to consolidate its security architecture, capturing firewall, IPS, and anti-malware from a single platform. This has simplified the end user experience and reduced management costs. The solution has also provided the scale needed to accommodate the company's growth, with the capacity to onboard up to 50 users in a six-month period. The Check Point support has ensured the platform's stability and ease of use. Looking forward, MTN Nigeria plans to extend automation and integration, making the company’s security position more comprehensive and efficiently managed. The company also plans to integrate with its private cloud.

Quantitative Benefit

Consolidated security architecture with one vendor, reducing management costs
Provided the scale to accommodate onboarding of up to 50 hosted customers in six months
Achieved up to 180 Gbps of threat prevention throughput in a single firewall instance