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Marcegaglia Improves Employee Productivity with Forcepoint

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

Europe

Country

Italy

Product

Forcepoint Web Security
Forcepoint Email Security

Tech Stack

Cloud intelligence

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Productivity Improvements
Digital Expertise
Employee Satisfaction

Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing
Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity
Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence

Services

System Integration
Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

About The Customer

Marcegaglia is the leading steel processing company in the world. Global operations include 7,000 employees, 60 commercial units, 210 representations, and 43 factories spread over a total area of 6 million square meters. Each year, it processes more than 5 million tons of steel and produces 5,500 kilometres of stainless steel and carbon steel products daily for over 15,000 customers. The Marcegaglia family founded the company in 1959 and is headquartered in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (Mantova), Italy.

The Challenge

Marcegaglia, a leading steel processing company, relies heavily on the integrity of its technology and data to support its production activities and global strategies. The company employs about 2,000 licensed users with personal accounts and email addresses. In 2008, Renzo Rossi, CTO of Marcegaglia, began looking for a more efficient and secure means for thousands of users to access web content safely. Rossi recognized the need for a more efficient navigation process, company-wide, while protecting employees and data in real-time implementing and improving internal technology hand in hand with the development of the risks of the network.

The Solution

In 2008, Marcegaglia installed Forcepoint Web Security. This decision stemmed from extensive research and after testing alternative solutions. Marcegaglia took the opportunity to test the features of the Forcepoint Web solution which made the decision an easy one. Part of the Forcepoint Web Security solution was Forcepoint’s Cloud intelligence, which provides real-time threat analysis. This introduced an advanced level of threat control and protection to Marcegaglia’s critical data, providing industry-leading defense against advanced malware, blended threats and spam. This positive first experience was a key factor when Marcegaglia decided to upgrade and extend protection to corporate email accounts as well. It chose Forcepoint Email Security for its ability to isolate suspicious links embedded in emails and analyze the destination as soon as a user attempts to open them from any device.

Operational Impact

One immediate result was a drastic reduction in the number of false positives, resulting in fewer calls to the help desk, lowering risk.
Another positive result has been the ability for Renzo to more effectively leverage his IT team.
By deploying Forcepoint solutions, Renzo has been able to set highly granular rules for web use and accomplished this while still maintaining the level of freedom requested by the company for the use of social networks.
Renzo found that by securing Marcegaglia’s data with Forcepoint Web and Email Security, his employees have more freedom and security with online navigation. This, in turn, has increased employee productivity by facilitating the development of innovative user processing.