Betsson, an online gaming company, was facing a significant challenge in protecting its customer data. The company operates in an industry that generates massive international flows of customer and financial data 24 hours a day. Any public leaks of this information would be disastrous for the company's reputation. Furthermore, Betsson's competitors target the same group of customers, making customer email addresses highly valued data. However, the company lacked visibility into data movements surrounding that database. The main threat did not arise from hackers or financial cybercriminals but from the company’s own staff. Some employees were targeted by competitors but others operated alone.

Swire Oilfield Services, a global supplier of offshore containers to the energy industry, faced the challenge of protecting its business operations in some of the world's most remote locations. The company's global presence, coupled with recent acquisitions, resulted in a complex security portfolio with five different security solutions in place for email. This setup became increasingly problematic as the number of malware and phishing attempts targeting the company's cloud app services reached an all-time high. The company needed a solution to standardize its security across all locations, despite varying connection issues.

Reliance Capital, a rapidly growing financial services company in India, was facing a significant challenge in protecting the transfer of confidential customer data. With five operating businesses and a heavy flow of information, the organization realized it needed control over data moving across systems, geographies, and group companies. The potential for loss was high and it was critical that its data was secured from accidental or intentional leaks. The use of essential business tools, such as Web and email, presented a challenge to its current systems and the organization was increasingly concerned about the repercussions — both financially and in reputation — if sensitive data was leaked.

Colacem, a leading cement producer, was facing challenges with its existing open-source web security. The system only allowed antivirus detection and limited profiling, making maintenance expensive without ensuring protection against sophisticated, multistage attacks. The growth of more advanced threats increased the urgency to transition away from a strictly role-based internet security solution. The company needed a more powerful web browsing security solution, especially with the increase in users working remotely.

Ross Stores, a large retail enterprise, was facing challenges with their existing web security solutions. The Palo Alto Networks & Bluecoat solutions they evaluated lacked in reporting and research capabilities. This led them to look for a more effective solution that could provide advanced threat protection, enhanced reporting functionality, and better integration with their existing systems.

International Business Machines Corporation was facing several challenges with their previous security product. The efficacy of the solution was low, and the company found it difficult to manage. Additionally, the solution lacked scalability, which was a significant issue as IBM needed advanced capabilities to protect its growing mobile and global workforce. The company evaluated several vendors, including Symantec/Blue Coat and McAfee Web Gateway, before choosing Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway.

The airline's employees often work remotely using company laptops, exposing them to potential security threats from unsecured networks. The company also faced the challenge of complying with strict European GDPR regulations and Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority requirements for data security. The company needed a security solution that could protect its users and data, regardless of their location. The solution also needed to be scalable and capable of integrating other solutions to further improve the level of protection.

Lake Michigan Credit Union (LMCU) is a large financial institution with over 300,000 members and $3.7 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of financial services and has a high membership renewal rate. However, LMCU faces the daily challenge of keeping its members' valuable personal information secure. Financial institutions are a top target for threat actors worldwide, and any incident of data loss or theft could cause irreparable harm to customers and the business. LMCU's previous security solution did not offer unified visibility amongst the products and was lacking in actionable guidance for the IT department. As a result, time management was becoming more inconvenient for active users and administrators. They were spending too many man hours “minding” the system. Time spent repairing and monitoring the network was excessive and critical.

RWTH Aachen University, one of Europe’s most distinguished technological institutions, was facing a significant challenge in terms of network security. Like other research-oriented institutions, universities are an attractive target for cyberattacks, and, as a result, their criteria and demands for security are stringent. The Center for Computing and Communication of RWTH Aachen University had several important criteria for network security, including high performance and availability, heterogeneous infrastructure and system environments, seamless connections to several research networks, and the ability to support variable user roles, permissions, and access rights. The university needed a security solution that could manage a data load of more than 20 Gbps, while offering protection from an increasing number of targeted attacks at end-user devices.

Khaitan & Co, one of India’s oldest and largest full-service law firms, is the appointed custodian of all its client data in digital format. This includes sensitive documents such as contracts, bonds, and stocks. The firm's survival depends on its ability to protect this client data from falling into unauthorized hands. However, with no security solution in place, the firm lacked visibility and control over its critical data. The data flow within the organization, as well as email accounts from external third parties, couldn’t be effectively monitored and guarded. Unchecked and unauthorized USB/flash devices, printers, and cloud applications also presented a major security risk. The firm needed a solution that could help identify potential sources and points of data loss, and secure them effectively without interrupting normal business operations.

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.

Cellcom Israel Ltd., the leading cellular provider in Israel, faced a significant challenge when a serious data leak occurred. The company realized that their sensitive data needed to be better identified, monitored, and protected from potential misuse. As a result of this high-profile security breach, Cellcom assessed its data security situation and decided to look for a data loss prevention solution that would ensure valuable company data was identified and kept inside the organization.

In 2009, Swiss Life France recognized a key challenge which had been impacting the company as well as several of its peers. Zero-day malware and advanced persistent threats, such as ransomware and rootkits, were infiltrating its network undetected. As a result, Swiss Life recognized that it needed to optimize and better secure the infiltration and exfiltration of its data. In addition, Swiss Life’s sales representatives working remotely (approximately 1,400 in total) are equipped with laptops and Windows tablets. These devices are frequently connected to unsecured external networks and must be equipped with the same level of protection as if connected to the corporate network.

The company, a managed administration services group based in Italy, provides a superior experience for its customers’ customers. As its services are rooted in data exchange, the company’s success means that the amount of information it must protect is growing exponentially. A breach would grant bad actors access to data from not just one company, but hundreds. Prior to its relationship with Forcepoint, the company’s open-source security solutions were difficult and time-consuming to manage and maintain. After the enterprise fell victim to a ransomware attack, it knew the time had come to pursue a new security strategy to better safeguard its data against cyber threats, while opening doors to advancing technologies, greater automation, and continual evolution.

Nous Infosystems, a Global 500 company in the banking industry, was facing several business challenges that led them to evaluate and ultimately select Forcepoint DLP. They had disparate DLP policies that left holes in their security posture, leading to data exfiltration that left their organization exposed. Additionally, they were struggling with their ability to control and manage data that’s subject to regulation.

The financial institution, being part of a global financial group and one of the world's largest banks, had to meet strict requirements for data security compliance. It was under intense scrutiny from customers, regulators, and shareholders. The institution needed a robust solution to protect its network from advanced, multi-stage threats. During the Proof of Concept (PoC), Forcepoint detected several of these threats in real time. The successful PoC was one of the deciding factors for the bank in choosing Forcepoint.

The global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed was facing challenges with slow internet speeds in some of its locations, which was impacting productivity and research efforts. The company was also growing through the acquisition of several smaller companies, which complicated security matters as new systems were brought into their network that may not always have strong cybersecurity in place. The company was a target for C-level spoofing and phishing attempts targeting revenue exfiltration. The company needed to reduce the potential for risky user web browsing or the opening of bogus or malware-riddled emails.

IGATE, a global leader in providing integrated technology and operations-based solutions, faced a significant data security challenge. The company needed to extend its corporate network to a sizable list of globally distributed subsidiary companies, ensuring one uniform policy. The challenge was particularly acute when a user worked out of a remote office or traveled to a remote location. IGATE wanted the same policies to be consistent throughout the company’s entire extended corporate network. The company had experienced an incident involving data leakage when an employee logged into the corporate network from a remote computer and sent unwanted emails to a customer. IGATE needed to take a position where the company could protect corporate data and protect the user while, at the same time, ensuring that the proper policies were in place.

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has been a gateway for Americans to access data and knowledge maintained by government agencies since the 1960s. However, the system has become a victim of its own success, with over 550,000 requests annually, overwhelming the fifteen U.S. departments and agencies that receive 90 percent of all such requests. The departments were struggling with the timeliness of their responses, effectiveness of their communications and facilitation of information flow to citizens. One department, which received more than 22,000 FOIA requests in fiscal year 2012, was spending an average of 33 days to respond to a request, with 22 of those days devoted to locating the required data. The department was seeking a solution to enhance its search capabilities and reduce response time.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (C&W) in southwest London is a 550-bed facility with a range of specialisms from pediatrics to dementia, serving 120,000 outpatients per year and a further 120,000 through the Accident and Emergency Department. Over 60 staff members help Acting Director of IMT, Bill Gordon, to manage the IT infrastructure and all matters relating to patient records, clinical systems, networks, and desktop hardware. Data security has always been a priority, the hospital is currently the highest rated in the UK for IG (Information Governance), which covers the implementation of data safety and management procedures. C&W was already a Forcepoint customer for web and email security as part of a comprehensive infrastructure that includes firewalls, encryption, and intrusion and hacking detection systems. An annual penetration test is run by NCC, a CESG-approved third party. Gordon says that C&W generally performs very well, encouraging confidence in the technology to steer behavior in the right direction. Nevertheless, the impetus for change was a security breach – the loss of a USB key – which had to be reported to the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office). The incident had board-level visibility within the hospital that required an immediate response.

Chhattisgarh State Power Companies (CSPC) faced several challenges with their previous web security solution. The solution would bypass the URL filter, allowing encrypted traffic to run alongside non-encrypted traffic. This meant that if someone accessed an unauthorized site, it would open unchecked, as the platform was unable to filter out undesirable traffic. Additionally, the URL filtering solution didn’t have a proxy. A separate proxy was installed which was integrated with the URL filter. However, since both were separate solutions, there were dependency issues. If one of the solutions had to be upgraded, the other would stop working. This also led to support and management issues. Furthermore, the category database was weak and not very comprehensive, with multiple categories missing. The process of updating the database with a new category was quite complicated.

AUSL Modena, a public healthcare organization in Italy, was facing challenges in detecting and preventing advanced threats that reach their target by web and email. The spread of viruses and ransomware like cryptolocker was a significant concern. The organization needed to change its web and email security strategy to better manage the appropriate channels and focus more on end-users and less on terminals. AUSL Modena also needed to integrate with the nearby Modena University Hospital and its 3,000 workstations.

The Department of Defence in Australia was faced with the challenge of modernising its heavily distributed ICT networks, which were providing declining IT service and flexibility. This required a full-scale consolidation across the department's data centres, computer rooms, and desktops. The goal was to create a Single Information Environment (SIE) to improve and strengthen infrastructure and maintenance services, while reducing operational costs. The desktop portion of this project, referred to as the Next Generation Desktop (NGD), aimed to provide streamlined desktop and application access to approximately 100,000 users, with 15% of those users requiring simultaneous access to multiple networks.

KPIT, a technology company focused on creating domain-intensive products and solutions, needed a web security solution that could manage the web and protect its network. Previously, the company used squid-based proxy servers and manually updated policies. However, the effectiveness of these policies was largely dependent on the knowledge and skill-base of the security administrators. With the dynamic nature of web content, KPIT realized that reactive web filtering measures were insufficient. The company needed a solution that could offer real-time protection and automatically block web threats and malicious sites as they are identified.

NCP, the U.K.’s market leader in the provision of parking services, was struggling with managing increasing amounts of spam. Despite having an on-network email security solution in place, the company was still dealing with spam, false positives, and system latency, which resulted in legitimate emails being delayed. With only three IT staff supporting NCP’s 550 IT users, the management of the situation was becoming a burden. The limited resources prompted NCP to consider switching to a hosted service.

Raytheon Company, a global 500 company in the Aerospace & Defense industry, was facing several challenges. They had a lack of or inefficient one-to-many device provisioning and were exposed to advanced network threats. They had evaluated Cisco before choosing Forcepoint. After using Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall, they had to address new challenges such as new firewall deployment, maintaining policy consistency across firewalls, deploying software updates, and having a unified view of all firewalls.

Emerson Process Management faced several challenges. The company's policies were too complicated and required too much headcount to maintain them. This led to data exfiltration that left the organization exposed. Furthermore, the company needed to control and manage data that was subject to regulation. The company was in need of a solution that could help them easily find and control regulated data and sensitive IP.

The New York Crime Analysis Centers (CACs) faced the challenge of deploying a robust, scalable, and affordable platform to provide each CAC with single-query access to their extensive volume of crime and intelligence data and the ability to query and share statewide. Each CAC represents unique architectures, multiple law enforcement agencies, multiple users with multiple sources, and varying law enforcement and related data. Each CAC varies greatly in configuration, location and data source structure. With new sources of data constantly being identified and updated in daily operations and investigations, CACs have to support local control of the data dissemination without the need to persistently store data in a warehoused environment. DCJS required a cost-effective system that could meet the needs of the CACs while delivering high performance and scalable results.

The Air Force Central Command (AFCENT) was tasked with establishing a new combined air and space operations center (CAOC) to replace a temporary facility that had been in use for six years. The new CAOC needed to provide more robust systems to accommodate users and improve interoperability. It also had to make the best possible use of physical space and reduce power consumption. The transition from the old facility to the new one had to be seamless so as not to interrupt mission operations. The CAOC was controlling air operations in two live theaters at transition time. The project, from planning to implementation, was completed in less than two years. This desktop consolidation project presented other challenges for all parties because AFCENT’s mission requires 24x7 operations with 99.99% availability.

Escorts Limited, a leading engineering conglomerate in India, generates a large volume of in-house IP in the form of blueprints and designs for engines, transmissions, and machines like tractors, cranes, backhoe loaders, compactors, and equipment used in railways. This IP required protection. The company also does business with leading manufacturers worldwide, creating even more IP that must be secured. A largely mobile global marketing and sales force required secure access to IP on and off the official network.