Unisinos University Enhances Cyber Security with Check Point Solutions
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud
- Networks & Connectivity - Gateways
Applicable Industries
- Education
- National Security & Defense
Use Cases
- Smart Campus
- Tamper Detection
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Cybersecurity Services
About The Customer
Unisinos is a leading private university located in Sao Leopoldo, near Porto Alegre in the south of Brazil. Founded in 1969 with its roots in the Jesuit community, it is ranked among the best in the country by the Brazilian Ministry of Education. The university has a strategic orientation towards science, technology, and innovation, with 30,000 students and more than 1,000 teaching staff. As the university expanded and formed links with other Jesuit colleges across Brazil, it faced increasing security threats and needed a solution that could provide real-time visibility of the threat landscape and improve its security capacity.
The Challenge
Unisinos, one of the largest private universities in Brazil, was facing a significant challenge in managing its cyber security. As the university expanded and formed links with other Jesuit colleges across Brazil, its existing firewall solution became increasingly outdated. The university was struggling to cope with the increase in security threats, lacked visibility of these threats, and had no control over content access. This vulnerability was highlighted when concentrated cyber-attacks during the semester registration of new students left the Unisinos system down for an entire day, causing considerable disruption and inconvenience for everyone. The university needed a solution that could provide real-time visibility of the threat landscape and improve its security capacity as it became increasingly networked.
The Solution
Unisinos partnered with local IT partner, Sentinela Security, and selected Check Point's next-generation appliances with Virtual System technology, R80 Security Management, CloudGuard IaaS, and VSX technologies. These solutions were part of a comprehensive move to upgrade, protect, and manage its IT infrastructure, giving the university’s IT department greater visibility of threats to the network before attacks could occur. The Check Point Infinity architecture-based R80 Security Management provided Unisinos with a single console with a unified view into all security events, allowing them to manage all aspects of cyber security for their physical, virtual, and cloud-based environments. The Check Point Next Generation Security Gateways were designed for high performance and reliability, supporting Unisinos’s growing capacity requirements. The university could monitor threats and analyze events from a single console, turning on automated responses to prevent specific threats. CloudGuard IaaS ensured that data held in the private cloud was fully protected.
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