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Valtori's Transformation: Ensuring Business Continuity with Hyperscale Networking and Security

Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Networks & Connectivity - Gateways

Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities
National Security & Defense

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation
Maintenance

Use Cases

Inventory Management
Tamper Detection

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Cybersecurity Services

About The Customer

Valtori is the public managed service provider to Finland's government, providing IT, security, and communication technology services. Its customers include all government offices and ministries, government-owned corporations, other public authorities, bodies governed by public law, the Parliament, and organizations with public administration or service responsibilities. Valtori ensures the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of government data and services for more than 100 separate organizations. Some agencies operate with cloud infrastructure, some use on-premises infrastructure, and others have hybrid infrastructure, depending on their specific requirements. The result is a complex and highly dynamic networking and security environment serving tens of thousands of employees.

The Challenge

Valtori, the public managed service provider to Finland's government, was facing significant challenges with its service delivery platform. The platform was experiencing numerous outages due to high traffic volumes, maintenance, and software upgrades, affecting all Valtori customers. The network and security capacity was limited, and the diverse environments of the customers made management complex. Valtori's customers include government offices, ministries, government-owned corporations, public authorities, and organizations with public administration or service responsibilities. The company was tasked with ensuring the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of government data and services for more than 100 separate organizations. The complexity of the networking and security environment, serving tens of thousands of employees, was further compounded by the fact that some agencies operated with cloud infrastructure, some used on-premises infrastructure, and others had hybrid infrastructure.

The Solution

To address these challenges, Valtori decided to replace its aging firewalls with a solution that would provide service resiliency and at least 99.9999% network availability. They chose Check Point Maestro Hyperscale Orchestrator and Check Point Quantum security gateways. Maestro is a hyperscale security solution that orchestrates Quantum security gateways into a unified system with seamless, almost-unlimited scalability. It provides cloud-level resilience and reliability to all of Valtori's customers, regardless of their specific environments. With Maestro, Valtori can seamlessly scale a single Quantum security gateway to the capacity of 52 gateways capable of 1.5 Tera/bps of threat prevention performance with support for millions of concurrent connections. Check Point Quantum security gateways combine the highest-caliber threat prevention with zero-day protection. They deliver 60 security services that prevent cyber attacks, simplify network security, and reduce costs. Check Point Security Management unifies access control and threat prevention management for all enforcement points into one console, simplifying management.

Operational Impact

The implementation of Check Point Maestro Hyperscale Orchestrator and Check Point Quantum security gateways has significantly improved Valtori's operational efficiency. Maintenance tasks, such as firewall updates or capacity increases, can now be performed on the fly without impacting Valtori customers. The solution also prevents service interruptions due to security threats, protecting all Valtori customers from known and zero-day attacks. The threat management features are fully integrated, providing logging, monitoring, event correlation, and reporting in one place. A visual dashboard provides full visibility into security across the network, enabling the team to monitor enforcement points and remain aware of potential threats. The team can manage physical and virtual networks, as well as on-premises and cloud enforcement points to ensure security consistency and full visibility into traffic across the network.

Quantitative Benefit

Valtori went from numerous service outages to zero, ensuring uninterrupted service delivery.
Valtori gained the ability to increase capacity on demand, with a single Quantum security gateway scalable to the capacity of 52 gateways capable of 1.5 Tera/bps of threat prevention performance.
Check Point Maestro and Quantum security gateways currently support 92,000 workstations and 17,000 servers.