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Enterprise Consulting Group Enhances Security Management with Check Point R80 Unified Security

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Malware Protection Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Glass National Security & Defense
Use Cases	Inventory Management Tamper Detection
Challenge	Enterprise Consulting Group (ECG), a provider of IT infrastructure products and services, faced the challenge of consolidating and automating management tasks for security solutions. The company needed to protect desktop, laptop, and mobile users from malware, phishing, and ransomware. ECG serves customers across various industries and supports mission-critical infrastructure projects, from initial architecture and design, through product selection, deployment, and support. As a longtime Check Point partner, ECG exclusively offers Check Point solutions to support customers’ security requirements. ECG also uses Check Point technology to protect its own network environment and stay updated with the latest security solutions. Read More
About Customer	Enterprise Consulting Group (ECG) has been providing customer-centric IT infrastructure products and services to firms across the Midwest for over 20 years. While most of its customers are based in the St. Louis region, many have global operations, and ECG provides support to their locations all around the world. ECG serves customers across a variety of industries, providing support for mission-critical infrastructure projects, from initial architecture and design, through product selection, deployment, and support. Read More
Solution	ECG deployed Check Point R80.40 to support its cluster of Check Point 4800 Next Generation Firewalls at its St. Louis headquarters. The solution offers over 100 new features to consolidate every aspect of ECG’s security environment and makes it fast and easy to deploy protections across the organization. A customizable dashboard provides full visibility across the network, enabling IT to focus on issues that matter most. Check Point’s unified security management also offers new automation using APIs for tasks like authentication management, command management, and a new extended API for Data Center Server objects, and support for new protocols like http/2. ECG also utilizes Check Point SandBlast Agent to protect users against zero-day threats, stopping potential issues at the point of entry, to help safeguard the entire ECG network. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Malware Protection

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Glass

National Security & Defense

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Tamper Detection

Challenge

Enterprise Consulting Group (ECG), a provider of IT infrastructure products and services, faced the challenge of consolidating and automating management tasks for security solutions. The company needed to protect desktop, laptop, and mobile users from malware, phishing, and ransomware. ECG serves customers across various industries and supports mission-critical infrastructure projects, from initial architecture and design, through product selection, deployment, and support. As a longtime Check Point partner, ECG exclusively offers Check Point solutions to support customers’ security requirements. ECG also uses Check Point technology to protect its own network environment and stay updated with the latest security solutions.

About Customer

Enterprise Consulting Group (ECG) has been providing customer-centric IT infrastructure products and services to firms across the Midwest for over 20 years. While most of its customers are based in the St. Louis region, many have global operations, and ECG provides support to their locations all around the world. ECG serves customers across a variety of industries, providing support for mission-critical infrastructure projects, from initial architecture and design, through product selection, deployment, and support.

Solution

ECG deployed Check Point R80.40 to support its cluster of Check Point 4800 Next Generation Firewalls at its St. Louis headquarters. The solution offers over 100 new features to consolidate every aspect of ECG’s security environment and makes it fast and easy to deploy protections across the organization. A customizable dashboard provides full visibility across the network, enabling IT to focus on issues that matter most. Check Point’s unified security management also offers new automation using APIs for tasks like authentication management, command management, and a new extended API for Data Center Server objects, and support for new protocols like http/2. ECG also utilizes Check Point SandBlast Agent to protect users against zero-day threats, stopping potential issues at the point of entry, to help safeguard the entire ECG network.

Impact #1	The deployment of Check Point R80.40 has resulted in unified management and advanced automation, helping ECG and its customers streamline administration. The solution's support for IoT controllers and other new capabilities has enabled better alignment to diverse customer needs. The use of Check Point SandBlast solutions has prevented viruses, ransomware, phishing, and zero-day malware on endpoints. The latest unified management release has improved efficiency and customer satisfaction by enabling ECG to perform routine upgrades and other administrative processes more efficiently. The new automation capabilities like SmartTasks have enabled ECG and its customers to set up pre-defined and customizable actions that save time.

Impact #1

The deployment of Check Point R80.40 has resulted in unified management and advanced automation, helping ECG and its customers streamline administration. The solution's support for IoT controllers and other new capabilities has enabled better alignment to diverse customer needs. The use of Check Point SandBlast solutions has prevented viruses, ransomware, phishing, and zero-day malware on endpoints. The latest unified management release has improved efficiency and customer satisfaction by enabling ECG to perform routine upgrades and other administrative processes more efficiently. The new automation capabilities like SmartTasks have enabled ECG and its customers to set up pre-defined and customizable actions that save time.

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Enterprise Consulting Group Enhances Security Management with Check Point R80 Unified Security

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