Enterprise

September 12, 2020

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Written By Stephen Cardot

Situation

A Midwest mid-sized enterprise with over 3,000 users went to great expense to secure its network by protecting it with a mid-tier UTM appliance.

The enterprise had two overriding issues of great concern. First, they were concerned about the mid-tier product’s ability to stop blended threats. Second, the level of service they had received from the mid-tier vendor and its representative was perceived as insufficient. They solicited proposals from a number of network security manufacturers. RFP award went to CloudCover.

Solution

In reviewing and analyzing those proposals, only The CC/B1 appliance clearly met the expected levels of service and support as well as the required depth and breadth of functionality. In fact, the enterprise discovered a number of the competing proposals contained additional service costs not been clearly stated.

Results

The enterprise decided to test CC/B1 for 12 days. The appliance was installed in the network behind the mid-tier appliance. At the end of the test period, B1 caught and stopped two blended threat attacks. Without B1, the network would have been compromised.

After the 12-day trial period, the enterprise purchased CC/B1 appliance along with the IDS/IDP, anti-spam, antivirus, and firewall modules. The CC/B1 appliance has been running for over three years on the enterprise’s network and continues to be renewed annually.

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About Stephen Cardot

Veteran IT developer with 28 years’ experience in designing robust, scalable solutions. Patent author of real-time risk scoring and data insurance. Believes sub-second risk control and incremental risk transfer are the future of cyber safety and security.

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