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Corero IPS Does Everything for Pep Boys: Protection, Reliability, Flexibility

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

Corero’s IPS
Corero Network Security Analyzer (NSA)

Tech Stack

Intrusion Prevention Systems
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Customer Satisfaction
Brand Awareness

Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Industries

Automotive
Retail

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

System Integration
Software Design & Engineering Services

About The Customer

Pep Boys is a multibillion-dollar automotive services and retail chain, with more than 700 stores across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1921 when four Navy buddies pooled together $800 to open an auto supply parts store in Philadelphia. The familiar caricature logo featuring three of the founders’ faces, and catchy motto, “Pep Boys Does Everything for Less,” are part of American business culture. The company is the custodian of a myriad of customer and employee records from its stores, as well as its Philadelphia corporate headquarters. Personally identifiable information (PII) and corporate data are valuable targets for cyber-criminals. As an e-commerce company, Pep Boys is entrusted with a large amount of customer information and employee data, such as Social Security numbers.

The Challenge

Pep Boys, a multibillion-dollar automotive services and retail chain, needed to protect its network of over 700 stores and corporate headquarters against malicious attacks that could result in the theft of sensitive customer and employee information. The company is the custodian of a myriad of customer and employee records from its stores, as well as its Philadelphia corporate headquarters. Personally identifiable information (PII) and corporate data are valuable targets for cyber-criminals. As an e-commerce company, Pep Boys is entrusted with a large amount of customer information and employee data, such as Social Security numbers. The company also stores customer information through its online “Glovebox” feature, which enables customers to record and conveniently access information about their vehicles and service history. Firewalls are essential to control access to Pep Boys’ corporate network and the sensitive data it holds, but far from sufficient in today’s threat environment.

The Solution

Pep Boys deployed intrusion prevention systems to protect its corporate networks and, by extension, its store locations, but ran into issues when it came time to replace its older TippingPoint product with new technology. The company elected to replace TippingPoint with Corero Network Security’s IPS. The Corero solution was deployed at Pep Boys for a proof of concept evaluation based on policies and rule sets customized for their environment. The company found the dashboard easy to monitor and was pleased with the results – and the price – and committed to Corero. The company was impressed that Corero’s IPS is built on the flexible and powerful 64-core Tillera processor-based hardware platform. Corero’s IPS has kept Pep Boys’ network and the information that is critical to its business protected 24x7.

Operational Impact

Corero’s IPS has kept Pep Boys’ network and the information that is critical to its business protected 24x7.
The network visibility not only affords security but has enabled Bottcher to solve some network operational issues and improve performance in the bargain.
Monitoring outbound as well as inbound traffic is useful as well. Monitoring outbound traffic can help identify infected computers that are communicating with their command-and-control servers or being used as part of a botnet attack. It can also be used to monitor traffic which may not be malicious but may reveal the use of unauthorized applications.