West Australian Newspapers Group

West Australian Newspapers Group
Customer Testimonial Software Blades
“Our business is deadline driven and the smallest data outage can
have drastic effects. The Check Point solution provides comprehensive
protection and rock solid reliability in an easy to manage package;
this is essential to the way we run our business and daily operations.”
Chris Brain, Team Leader – Converged Networks, West Australian Newspapers
CUSTOMER CHALLENGE
Customer Profile
West Australian Newspapers Group is the leading media
group in Western Australia
n The flagship of the group is The West Australian which
sells approximately 200,000 copies Monday to Friday
and 335,000 copies on a Saturday
n West Australian Newspapers Group employs
approximately 1,400 staff
QUICK FACTS
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Industry
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Media
Business Challenge
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Maintain PCI and internal security requirements
Ensure zero downtime in a deadline driven environment
Efficiently manage a complex network with a small
IT staff
In a deadline driven environment, comprehensive protection, management,
and reliability are key components for enforcing policies and tackling network
security challenges
n Meet
strict PCI compliance within a large scale advertising sales call center
maximum data protection and preservation
n Reduce management overhead while increasing the ability to centrally diagnose
and fix network security issues
n Provide centralized event correlation and management
n Ensure
SELECTION PROCESS
Check Point Solutions
Two Check Point Security Gateways (on Sun open
servers) with the following Software Blades activated:
-Advanced Networking
-Firewall
-IPS
-IPSEC VPN
n Eight Check Point UTM-1 Edge Appliances
n Smart-1 SmartEvent 25 Appliance
ROI
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“Our previous IPS solution was complicated
and required dedicated staff to administer and
manage on a day-to-day basis. The Check
Point solution is extremely intuitive and easy to
manage; this saves us time and manpower and
enables us to utilize our staff more effectively. ”
Chris Brain, Team Leader — Converged Networks,
West Australian Newspapers
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Selection Criteria
4Highly reliable network security
4Robust intrusion protection
system with multi-gigabit
throughput
4Intuitive administration and
simplified security management
4Flexibility and scalability
to meet future network
security needs
Why Check Point
“ We need to be able to stop malicious traffic
while at the same time, enabling business
critical data to flow seamlessly through the
network. The Check Point solution gives
us the flexibility and ease of management
we need, in a multi-tiered system, to easily
monitor, identify, and eliminate threats.”
Chris Brain, Team Leader – Converged Networks,
West Australian Newspapers
West Australian Newspapers Group
Customer Testimonial Software Blades
THE CHECK POINT SOLUTION
CHECK POINT BENEFITS
Check Point Software Blade Architecture fulfills the need for robust security with simplified and intuitive management
Security
Meet stringent requirements for external and internal data policies
West Australian Newspapers Group required an IPS solution that would enable it to keep data
secure, ensure PCI compliance, and offer ease of management. “Most IPS solutions require a
dedicated staff to deploy, tune, monitor, and manage, and still deliver false positives and convoluted
data logs,” said Brain. “The way the Check Point IPS solution is designed and structured, allows us
to easily set rules and policies and monitor them from the SmartEvent central management console.
This enables us to meet compliance and reporting requirements while reducing overhead and
increasing accuracy.”
Check Point SmartEvent-1 25
West Australian Newspapers HQ
Maintains ability to comply with internal and government
security requirements
n Delivers multi-tiered threat protection in an integrated package,
at multi-gigabit speeds
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Ease of Management
“The Check Point IPS solution is so intuitive and easy to use;
we’ve shaved more than an hour a day off our maintenance
schedule.”—Brain
n Centralized management enables West Australian
Newspapers to set and monitor policies for multiple security
needs while conserving resources
n “PCI compliance has become a real driving force within the
sales side of our business; in this complex environment we
find that management is extremely important to us.” —Brain
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Reliability
Automated Print Centers with
Check Point UTM-1 Edge X
Check Point Security Gateways with Firewall,
VPN and IPS Software Blades
Internet
Partners
Remote Workers / Field Journalists
“The Check Point IPS solution is consistently reliable; other solutions
on the market deliver an overwhelming amount of false positives
which absolutely kills business and drains resources.” —Brain
n Best-in-class NSS certified protection ensures comprehensive
and reliable security
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Advertising Sales Call Center
SUMMARY
Customers
Reducing management overhead frees up resources and increases productivity
West Australian Newspapers Group has a small, hardworking team of IT professionals. Leveraging
Check Point SmartEvent enables West Australian Newspapers to efficiently analyze and identify
critical security threats while eliminating clutter and correlating events. This ensures that events are
quickly diagnosed and rectified while freeing up resources and increasing productively.
Secure • Reliable • Simple
Check Point IPS offers excellent protection and ease of use
Superior protection ensures West Australian Newspapers
complies with government and internal policies
n Optional pre-defined policy settings reduce complexity
and ensure optimal configuration and protection against
malicious traffic
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Extensible solution enables flexibility in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
Total Value – Cost Effective Solution
West Australian Newspapers Group operates within a multi-tiered network security environment.
The Check Point Software Blade Architecture enables the company to extend protection by simply
purchasing additional features and turning them on. This simplified approach enables the company
to remain flexible in the face of constantly changing network security requirements, now and in
the future.
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CONTACT CHECK POINT
Simple management shaves more than an hour off daily
maintenance routine
n Superior protection safeguards customer data and
instills confidence
n Software Blades offer extensible add-ons resulting in
overall investment protection
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