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Comune di Avezzano Bolsters Cybersecurity with Check Point Technology

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Backup & Recovery
Applicable Industries	Cement Cities & Municipalities
Use Cases	Construction Management Cybersecurity
Services	Cybersecurity Services
Challenge	Comune di Avezzano, a municipality in Italy with approximately 43,000 residents, faced a significant challenge in strengthening its cybersecurity. The municipality's offices, spread across nine different locations, provide a wide range of services from registering citizens to territory management, and from emergency services to the local police. The information system is spread across over 300 workstations and is based in two data centers, one core and one dedicated to disaster recovery. The municipality was struggling to prevent against increasingly damaging phishing and malware attacks, comply with the new GDPR and AGID rules, react more quickly to cyberattacks, and manage cybersecurity more efficiently to free up IT resources. Read More
About Customer	Comune di Avezzano is a municipality in Abruzzo, Italy, with over 43,000 residents. The municipality's offices are based in nine different locations, providing a large number of services. These services range from registering citizens to territory management, and from emergency services (civil protection) to the local police. The municipality's information system is spread across over 300 workstations and is based in two data centers, one core and one dedicated to disaster recovery. The IT infrastructure manages around 30 TB of data, stored in three different appliances; two with 15 TB of capacity each and one used as a redundancy. Read More
Solution	To address these challenges, Comune di Avezzano turned to Check Point Harmony Mobile. As a satisfied Check Point customer since 2016, the municipality decided to use the Check Point software for its entire security infrastructure, replacing all other security technologies. The Check Point solutions allow Comune di Avezzano to quickly react to threats, analyze HTTPS traffic, check email attachments and implement sophisticated anti-phishing technology. It also provides real-time reporting and threat prevention, giving the municipality full real-time visibility into which data is entering their site and if it is potentially dangerous. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Backup & Recovery

Applicable Industries

Cement

Cities & Municipalities

Use Cases

Construction Management

Cybersecurity

Services

Cybersecurity Services

Challenge

Comune di Avezzano, a municipality in Italy with approximately 43,000 residents, faced a significant challenge in strengthening its cybersecurity. The municipality's offices, spread across nine different locations, provide a wide range of services from registering citizens to territory management, and from emergency services to the local police. The information system is spread across over 300 workstations and is based in two data centers, one core and one dedicated to disaster recovery. The municipality was struggling to prevent against increasingly damaging phishing and malware attacks, comply with the new GDPR and AGID rules, react more quickly to cyberattacks, and manage cybersecurity more efficiently to free up IT resources.

About Customer

Comune di Avezzano is a municipality in Abruzzo, Italy, with over 43,000 residents. The municipality's offices are based in nine different locations, providing a large number of services. These services range from registering citizens to territory management, and from emergency services (civil protection) to the local police. The municipality's information system is spread across over 300 workstations and is based in two data centers, one core and one dedicated to disaster recovery. The IT infrastructure manages around 30 TB of data, stored in three different appliances; two with 15 TB of capacity each and one used as a redundancy.

Solution

To address these challenges, Comune di Avezzano turned to Check Point Harmony Mobile. As a satisfied Check Point customer since 2016, the municipality decided to use the Check Point software for its entire security infrastructure, replacing all other security technologies. The Check Point solutions allow Comune di Avezzano to quickly react to threats, analyze HTTPS traffic, check email attachments and implement sophisticated anti-phishing technology. It also provides real-time reporting and threat prevention, giving the municipality full real-time visibility into which data is entering their site and if it is potentially dangerous.

Impact #1	The implementation of Check Point Harmony Mobile has resulted in a significant improvement in the municipality's cybersecurity. The solution has enabled the municipality to react more quickly to threats, analyze HTTPS traffic, check email attachments, and implement sophisticated anti-phishing technology. It has also provided real-time reporting and threat prevention, giving the municipality full real-time visibility into which data is entering their site and if it is potentially dangerous. This has not only improved the security of the municipality's data but also ensured the continuity of services and compliance with GDPR.

Impact #1

The implementation of Check Point Harmony Mobile has resulted in a significant improvement in the municipality's cybersecurity. The solution has enabled the municipality to react more quickly to threats, analyze HTTPS traffic, check email attachments, and implement sophisticated anti-phishing technology. It has also provided real-time reporting and threat prevention, giving the municipality full real-time visibility into which data is entering their site and if it is potentially dangerous. This has not only improved the security of the municipality's data but also ensured the continuity of services and compliance with GDPR.

Benefit #1	Total protection of large amounts of sensitive data relating to citizens and the territory
Benefit #2	Guaranteed business continuity for municipality offices and services
Benefit #3	Better monitoring and control of cybersecurity activities

Benefit #1

Total protection of large amounts of sensitive data relating to citizens and the territory

Benefit #2

Guaranteed business continuity for municipality offices and services

Benefit #3

Better monitoring and control of cybersecurity activities

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Comune di Avezzano Bolsters Cybersecurity with Check Point Technology

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