IFSP Upgrades Firewall Security with Forcepoint NGFW

The Instituto FederaI de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia of Sao Paulo (IFSP) faced a major challenge in ensuring the protection of its IT network and communication resources. This required maintaining the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information regardless of where it is located and, above all, ensuring compliance with applicable government regulations. After suffering a number of injection-type attacks and system interruptions due to hardware and other bugs, the IT team decided to look at several NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall) options available in the market. IFSP also found that its former security solutions were a contributing factor in employees leaving the organization. Furthermore, it was important to implement a solution with the best TCO (total cost of ownership) as IFSP had a limited budget and wanted technology that would not require additional licensing and whose functionalities would not stop at the end of the license.

The Instituto FederaI de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia of Sao Paulo (IFSP) is a federal education institution located in São Paulo, Brazil. Established in 1909, IFSP is a highly recognized provider of excellent quality tuition-free public education. The institution is committed to ensuring the protection of its IT network and communication resources, maintaining the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information, and ensuring compliance with applicable government regulations. However, it faced challenges with its former security solutions, which contributed to employee turnover and did not provide the necessary protection against cyber threats.