Matmut Enhances Network Security with Forcepoint
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Europe
Country
- France
Product
- Forcepoint NGFW
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Customer Satisfaction
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries
- Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Matmut is a significant player in the French insurance market, boasting more than 3.2 million members and nearly 6.8 million contracts. The company offers a comprehensive range of property and personal insurance products, as well as financial services and savings accounts to all individuals, professionals, companies, and associations. Matmut hosts its 600 servers and their compliant copies in two data centers, which are accessible by the company’s 6,000 employees. The company's daily objective is to maintain and exceed its standard for high quality of service.
The Challenge
Matmut, a major player in the French insurance market, hosts its 600 servers and their compliant copies in two data centers which are accessible by the company’s 6,000 employees. The daily objective is to maintain and exceed Matmut’s standard for high quality of service. In order to do so, the Matmut IT team has built its security portfolio around a strategy based on load balancing. Therefore, it’s crucial for its two datacenter sites to communicate efficiently with each other so that critical data can be accessed at all times.
The Solution
Matmut uses Forcepoint NGFW appliances to meet its standard for high quality of service. According to Cédric Chevrel, Head of Security at Matmut, Forcepoint NGFW’s load balancing functionality, which allows each appliance to be replicated between Matmut’s two data sites, was its key selling point. In this case, a pair of NGFWs share exactly the same firewall, IPS, IDS,VPN, load balancing and SD-Wan rules from one site to another.
Operational Impact
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