Raytheon Company Case Study
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall
Tech Stack
- Firewall
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries
- Aerospace
- National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Raytheon Company is a global 500 company operating in the Aerospace & Defense industry. They provide a wide range of services and products to their customers. The company was facing several challenges related to network security and device provisioning. They were exposed to advanced network threats and had inefficient one-to-many device provisioning. To address these challenges, they evaluated several vendors before ultimately selecting Forcepoint and their Next Generation Firewall product.
The Challenge
Raytheon Company, a global 500 company in the Aerospace & Defense industry, was facing several challenges. They had a lack of or inefficient one-to-many device provisioning and were exposed to advanced network threats. They had evaluated Cisco before choosing Forcepoint. After using Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall, they had to address new challenges such as new firewall deployment, maintaining policy consistency across firewalls, deploying software updates, and having a unified view of all firewalls.
The Solution
Raytheon Company selected Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall to address their business challenges. The key features and functionalities of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall that the company uses include the speed and simplicity of managing sophisticated policies across many sites and high-availability clustering of up to 16 different devices. The company chose Forcepoint because of these capabilities. After implementing Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall, the company had to address new challenges such as new firewall deployment, maintaining policy consistency across firewalls, deploying software updates, and having a unified view of all firewalls.
Operational Impact
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