Published on 27-Sep-2010
Validated on 08 Jan 2013
"We’re able to ensure business continuity for our customers through cost-effective processes while supporting regulatory requirements." - Alessandro Gaspari, Director of Data Center Solutions and Services, INASSET
Customer:
INASSET
Industry:
Computer Services
Deployment country:
Italy
Solution:
Business Continuity, Business Resiliency, Cloud Computing, Smarter Planet
Smarter Planet:
Smarter Cloud Computing
IBM Business Partner:
Computer Gross Italia
Overview
The customer is an Internet Service Provider that offers hosting, housing, co-location, server on demand, private server farms and data protection.
Business need:
A neutral business data center, INASSET offers hosting, co-location, server-on-demand, private server farms and data protection. In this role, the company is subject to internal and external security regulations. To provide the best possible protection for its customers and ensure regulatory and risk-management compliance, the company decided to look for a network traffic inspection solution to secure its service infrastructure.
Solution:
INASSET implemented a multilayer network intrusion solution. Firewalls offer the first layer of defense, and network traffic then passes through security appliances for a deep-packet inspection at layers two to seven. A site protection console aggregates information to help the company detect and resolve any security issues and prevent security incidents.
Benefits:
• Intelligent technologies in the solution recognize malware based on the behavior of the malicious code, and provides protection not only from specific threats but also from all of a threat’s variants.
• The instrumented appliances collect security data from the network, recognize threats and block them before they impact the business.
• The solution integrates the entire infrastructure, starting with network protection and reaching all of the servers installed at the company’s data center.
Case Study
The customer is an Internet Service Provider that offers hosting, housing, co-location, server on demand, private server farms and data protection.
The Need
A neutral business data center, INASSET offers hosting, co-location, server-on-demand, private server farms and data protection. In this role, the company is subject to internal and external security regulations. To provide the best possible protection for its customers and ensure regulatory and risk-management compliance, the company decided to look for a network traffic inspection solution to secure its service infrastructure.
The Solution
INASSET implemented a multilayer network intrusion solution. Firewalls offer the first layer of defense, and network traffic then passes through security appliances for a deep-packet inspection at layers two to seven. A site protection console aggregates information to help the company detect and resolve any security issues and prevent security incidents.
What Makes it Smarter
• Intelligent technologies in the solution recognize malware based on the behavior of the malicious code. The solution provides protection not only from specific threats but also from all of a threat’s variants.
• The instrumented appliances collect security data from the network, recognize threats and block them before they impact the business.
• The solution integrates the entire infrastructure, starting with network protection and reaching all of the servers installed at the company’s data center.
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