CASE STUDY

CustomerFinancial Services

Requirements Scalability for cost efficient upgrade to the 10G environment

Fault-tolerant, high-availability solution in the 10G environment

Accelerates incident response and audits all access to sensitive data

In-line database firewall to block database attacks and intrusion

Supports multi-gigabit traffic loads with minimal impact on application or network performance.

SolutionSecureSphere Stack powered by Net Optics provides a scalable and high performance solution for up to 10Gbps of network traffic ensuring organizations can easily scale SecureSphere Web, Database, and File Security deployments for network intensive applications and cloud deployments.

Bottom Line Enhanced security for the Financial Enterprises information assets

A cost-effective, high-value approach to the challenges of growing traffic

A high-availability, high-performance solution for the 10G environment

Global Financial Services Enterprise Chooses SecureSphere Stack Powered by Net OpticsProviding Scalability for Database and Network Protection in the 10G Environment

OverviewFor nearly a hundred years, this unique Financial Services Enterprise has served customers in both the public and private sectors. From its base of insurance, the company has successfully diversified into the banking, investment, and retailincluding automobileindustries. All the while, it has grown steadily and intelligently, building a massive database along the way. Prudent decision-making and successful investing have earned the Enterprise the loyalty of seven million customers and a highly influential market position. Its longevity, experience, and reputation for integrity make it a premier provider.

Scaling Cost-Efficiently to Protect Vital Data in the 10G EnvironmentIn a world where networks are swiftly evolving to 10G, the Enterprise needed a high-performance access and security solution that was cost-efficient, scalable, and flexible. Ideally, such a solution would provide both high-speed network access and comprehensive database security with five-nines availabilityas well as enabling cost-efficient growth.

The Enterprises current network provider could not deliver the required level of technology cost-effectively. In addition, the vendor couldnt provide the pre-validation that the Enterprise required for its in-line, fault-tolerant bridge. Imperva, in partnership with another trusted vendor Net Optics was able to deliver all of these qualifications and engineer a joint solution that incorporated the scalability and functionality the Financial Services Enterprise needed.

An Intelligent, Flexible Architecture Offering the Right Technology, Capabilities, and Feature SetsSecureSphere Stack powered by Net Optics joint solution offers benefits all around to the Financial Services Enterprise. SecureSphere Stack provides a scalable, and high performance data security solution for bandwidth intensive applications. By leveraging Net Optics Director Pros dynamic load balancing and intelligent protocol filtering technology, 10G inbound traffic is distributed to a stack of up to five SecureSphere X6500 appliances atop one Net Optics Director Proensuring optimal performance. Net Optics Director Pro forwards only relevant protocols to SecureSphere gateways ensuring SecureSphere is only inspecting relevant traffic while bypassing all other traffic flows.

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All in all, the SecureSphere Stack powered by Net Optics solution gives the Financial Enterprise the ability to access network data with confidence in its integrity. The Financial Enterprise can rely on this high-performance, high-availability architecture to safeguard the heart of its business and competitive viabilityits proprietary and customer information.

Win-Win Technology with Comprehensive, Lasting Business BenefitsSecureSphere Stack powered by Net Optics joint solution represents a way to scale easily and quickly using products of proven interoperability in an ingenious configuration. Without the need to make a substantial investment in new infrastructure, the Financial Services Enterprise saves additional funds, while the use of familiar 2 Gbps Database and Web Application Security appliances lowers the learning curve and operational costs as well. The solution is compact yet powerful, using a high-port-density configuration with minimal power consumption. The benefits of this sophisticated joint solution are significant for the Financial Company, whose customers can now rely with confidence on the security of their confidential information.

The solution is compact yet powerful, using a high-port-density configuration with minimal power consumption. The benefits

of this sophisticated joint solution are significant for the Financial Company, whose customers can now

rely with confidence on the security of their confidential information.