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Helvetia's Transition to a Secure Software Defined Data Center with Check Point vSEC

CheckPoint Software

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Middleware & Microservices Sensors - Temperature Sensors
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance National Security & Defense
Use Cases	Leasing Finance Automation Tamper Detection
Challenge	Helvetia, a Swiss insurance services provider, was faced with the challenge of migrating to a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) model without compromising security. The company was also looking to increase the efficiency of its IT team and secure its VMware NSX data center deployment. Like most IT organizations, Helvetia’s IT team was constantly seeking ways to handle a rapidly growing volume of work with the same number of employees. This meant minimizing the number of manual tasks required of team members, reducing the need to retrain and redeploy teams, and finding new ways to deliver services as efficiently as possible. Helvetia saw automation and adopting an SDDC strategy as the means to increased efficiency. Read More
About Customer	Helvetia is a Swiss insurance services provider that offers a comprehensive range of insurance services to more than 4.7 million customers. The company has a presence in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, France, Luxembourg, and Jersey. In Switzerland alone, Helvetia serves more than 750,000 private and business customers with 6,700 employees. Achieving high customer satisfaction and trust is one of Helvetia’s primary goals. The company is committed to delivering high-quality, secure services for customers and its employees. Therefore, having a secure IT environment is a critical part of Helvetia’s operations. Read More
Solution	As Helvetia began its SDDC project, it had to create a new internal IT team structure, extend its VMware virtualized environment, and find a solution to secure it. The company initiated a proof of concept to test its first steps toward a new SDDC based on VMware NSX. Helvetia chose VMware NSX to reproduce its data center networking environment functionality in the hypervisor layer. Check Point vSEC was integrated with VMware NSX to deliver multi-layered defenses. Check Point vSEC protects east-west traffic within the VMware-deployed data center. It enforces security at the hypervisor level and between virtual machines, automatically quarantines infected machines for remediation, and provides comprehensive visibility into virtual network traffic trends and threats. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Middleware & Microservices

Sensors - Temperature Sensors

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

National Security & Defense

Use Cases

Leasing Finance Automation

Tamper Detection

Challenge

Helvetia, a Swiss insurance services provider, was faced with the challenge of migrating to a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) model without compromising security. The company was also looking to increase the efficiency of its IT team and secure its VMware NSX data center deployment. Like most IT organizations, Helvetia’s IT team was constantly seeking ways to handle a rapidly growing volume of work with the same number of employees. This meant minimizing the number of manual tasks required of team members, reducing the need to retrain and redeploy teams, and finding new ways to deliver services as efficiently as possible. Helvetia saw automation and adopting an SDDC strategy as the means to increased efficiency.

About Customer

Helvetia is a Swiss insurance services provider that offers a comprehensive range of insurance services to more than 4.7 million customers. The company has a presence in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, France, Luxembourg, and Jersey. In Switzerland alone, Helvetia serves more than 750,000 private and business customers with 6,700 employees. Achieving high customer satisfaction and trust is one of Helvetia’s primary goals. The company is committed to delivering high-quality, secure services for customers and its employees. Therefore, having a secure IT environment is a critical part of Helvetia’s operations.

Solution

As Helvetia began its SDDC project, it had to create a new internal IT team structure, extend its VMware virtualized environment, and find a solution to secure it. The company initiated a proof of concept to test its first steps toward a new SDDC based on VMware NSX. Helvetia chose VMware NSX to reproduce its data center networking environment functionality in the hypervisor layer. Check Point vSEC was integrated with VMware NSX to deliver multi-layered defenses. Check Point vSEC protects east-west traffic within the VMware-deployed data center. It enforces security at the hypervisor level and between virtual machines, automatically quarantines infected machines for remediation, and provides comprehensive visibility into virtual network traffic trends and threats.

Impact #1	With the implementation of Check Point vSEC, Helvetia was able to execute the proof of concept on schedule and with pinpoint accuracy. The company was able to retain visibility across the entire virtualized architecture, which was initially a concern. With Check Point vSEC, Helvetia gained outstanding threat prevention efficiency without having to make additional firewall changes. The IT team was able to import the same VMware NSX security tags that they currently use for automated server deployment to the security policy, which saved time. The implementation of this solution increased the degree of automation, configured service deployment faster, and maintained or improved the degree of security.

Impact #1

With the implementation of Check Point vSEC, Helvetia was able to execute the proof of concept on schedule and with pinpoint accuracy. The company was able to retain visibility across the entire virtualized architecture, which was initially a concern. With Check Point vSEC, Helvetia gained outstanding threat prevention efficiency without having to make additional firewall changes. The IT team was able to import the same VMware NSX security tags that they currently use for automated server deployment to the security policy, which saved time. The implementation of this solution increased the degree of automation, configured service deployment faster, and maintained or improved the degree of security.

Benefit #1	Successfully completed first step toward data center automation
Benefit #2	Gained high-quality threat prevention in virtualized environment
Benefit #3	Increased operational efficiency with an easy-to-use management interface

Benefit #1

Successfully completed first step toward data center automation

Benefit #2

Gained high-quality threat prevention in virtualized environment

Benefit #3

Increased operational efficiency with an easy-to-use management interface

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Helvetia's Transition to a Secure Software Defined Data Center with Check Point vSEC

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