CHALLENGE:
Reigning in security management and reducing complexities at remote sites.
SOLUTION:
Palo Alto Networks PA-3020 and PA500’s, simplifies security at Data Center and advanced security policy deployment for the remote offices
RESULTS:
Simplify network security with powerful security controls, ease of use and powerful reporting. Visibility into the specific identity of each application helps enforce appropriate usage policies. Use of non-work related applications like P2P and Internet gaming has been stopped. A wide range of malware and application vulnerability exploits are being blocked. Operational costs have been reduced dramatically.
Ease of Use and Application Controls Help Carling Technologies ‘Stick it’ to Network Security Threats
BACKGROUND
Carling Technologies Inc., founded in 1920 and home of the Carlingswitch brand, has a diverse line of products that serve a multitude of markets. Many of these products have become recognized standards around the globe. Carling Technologies has four ISO registered manufacturing facilities, employs over 2200 people and enjoys a worldwide network of sales and distribution of its productions. SECURITY MANAGEMENT SHOULDN'T BE SO DIFFICULT When it comes to network security, the best approach is a layered defense that applies different technologies to network traffic with the goal of stopping all manner of attacks. That is the theory anyways. Too often a layered security solution means multiple security devices from different vendors, each with their own management interfaces and related management options, a fact that Chris Paul, Senor IT specialist, Carling Technologies recently experienced firsthand. Chris and his fellow IT specialists were tasked with updating the security infrastructure at their data center and remote sites and the solution they were in the process of deploying consisted of multiple different products --a firewall, VPN and URL filtering—each from a separate vendor. The firewall was hard to manage remotely, a problem that was exacerbated by the different OS versions on each firewall. The server-based URL filtering solution required a consultant to assist with deployment and support . The operational efforts that the small Carling IT team was devoting to management issues far exceeded their expectations and their most challenging deployments was looming at their facilities in China. Time differences, geographic location, connection speeds and the wealth of network security threats were keeping Chris up at night. Clearly there had to be a more efficient and cost effective means of deploying security in all their locations. SIMPLIFIES SECURITY MANAGEMENT Innovative introduced Chris to something that sounded like a solution to their problems–but he had heard it all before and was skeptical. The potential solution was the …show more content…
Investigating threats, once a laborious task involving multiple devices, was now a simple and straight forward process of filtering logs and viewing reports. According to Chris, “not knowing which applications were running on the network is a big hole—particularly when it is at a remote site where there is typically less control. With the Palo Alto Networks firewall, we are able to identify the exact application running on the network, all the way down to the user identity. And as needed, we can implement policy controls to protect the network.” Chris concludes, “we have deployed a single security appliance where we had originally planned on using multiple disparate devices and that has reduced the management complexity significantly, without compromising our
Reigning in security management and reducing complexities at remote sites.
SOLUTION:
Palo Alto Networks PA-3020 and PA500’s, simplifies security at Data Center and advanced security policy deployment for the remote offices
RESULTS:
Simplify network security with powerful security controls, ease of use and powerful reporting. Visibility into the specific identity of each application helps enforce appropriate usage policies. Use of non-work related applications like P2P and Internet gaming has been stopped. A wide range of malware and application vulnerability exploits are being blocked. Operational costs have been reduced dramatically.
Ease of Use and Application Controls Help Carling Technologies ‘Stick it’ to Network Security Threats
BACKGROUND
Carling Technologies Inc., founded in 1920 and home of the Carlingswitch brand, has a diverse line of products that serve a multitude of markets. Many of these products have become recognized standards around the globe. Carling Technologies has four ISO registered manufacturing facilities, employs over 2200 people and enjoys a worldwide network of sales and distribution of its productions. SECURITY MANAGEMENT SHOULDN'T BE SO DIFFICULT When it comes to network security, the best approach is a layered defense that applies different technologies to network traffic with the goal of stopping all manner of attacks. That is the theory anyways. Too often a layered security solution means multiple security devices from different vendors, each with their own management interfaces and related management options, a fact that Chris Paul, Senor IT specialist, Carling Technologies recently experienced firsthand. Chris and his fellow IT specialists were tasked with updating the security infrastructure at their data center and remote sites and the solution they were in the process of deploying consisted of multiple different products --a firewall, VPN and URL filtering—each from a separate vendor. The firewall was hard to manage remotely, a problem that was exacerbated by the different OS versions on each firewall. The server-based URL filtering solution required a consultant to assist with deployment and support . The operational efforts that the small Carling IT team was devoting to management issues far exceeded their expectations and their most challenging deployments was looming at their facilities in China. Time differences, geographic location, connection speeds and the wealth of network security threats were keeping Chris up at night. Clearly there had to be a more efficient and cost effective means of deploying security in all their locations. SIMPLIFIES SECURITY MANAGEMENT Innovative introduced Chris to something that sounded like a solution to their problems–but he had heard it all before and was skeptical. The potential solution was the …show more content…
Investigating threats, once a laborious task involving multiple devices, was now a simple and straight forward process of filtering logs and viewing reports. According to Chris, “not knowing which applications were running on the network is a big hole—particularly when it is at a remote site where there is typically less control. With the Palo Alto Networks firewall, we are able to identify the exact application running on the network, all the way down to the user identity. And as needed, we can implement policy controls to protect the network.” Chris concludes, “we have deployed a single security appliance where we had originally planned on using multiple disparate devices and that has reduced the management complexity significantly, without compromising our