FINANCIAL SERVICES STARTUP

Defense in Depth: Building Scalable Next Generation Security Protection

Company Profile: 

Fast Growing financial services start-up with customized lending offered across multi-state geographic footprint.

Challenges:

  • Inadequate or obsolete network, endpoint and email security in place to protect company’s digital assets and mobile users
  • Increased and highly targeted phishing attacks against company employees
  • Lack of IT resources to implement and manage IT security tools and policies

Solution:

 

Deployed physical Palo Alto Networks Next Gen Firewalls at HQ site and VM-Series Next Gen Firewall in AWS to protect on premise and cloud workloads

 

Enable applications and prevent modern threats by identifying all network traffic based on applications, users, content and devices across hybrid environment

Streamline device, network and policy management with intuitive management features native to the PAN security operating platform

GlobalProtect (VPN) secured access configuration for remote users across the country.

Fully integrated with EndPoint Armor’s 24×7 ongoing support & management

Deployed EndPoint Armor’s Advanced EndPoint Protection managed service, powered by Palo Alto Networks Traps

 

Minimize endpoint infections by blocking malware, exploits and ransomware with multi-method prevention: WildFire threat intelligence, local analysis via machine learning, pre-exploit and technique-based exploit protection

Replaced legacy and ineffective Anti-Virus

Fully integrated with EndPoint Armor’s 24×7 ongoing support & management

Integrated Proofpoint Essentials cloud-based email security

 

Advanced Protection against malicious URLs and attachments (Phishing)

Robust anti-spam & multi-layered anti-virus scanning

Automated email encryption & archiving

Results:

 

  • Cohesive security protection for on-premise data, cloud workloads and mobile users with the PAN Security Operating Platform
  • Preventing threats by eliminating unwanted applications and applying targeted security polices to block known vulnerability exploits and unknown malware (APTs).
  • Drastically reduced phishing emails attempts while allowing secure communication of sensitive data
  • Lower TCO: EndPoint Armor’s 24×7 ongoing support and management of firewall, endpoint and email security platforms allows company to focus on internal projects and initiatives without hiring security resources