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Laterlite Enhances Cybersecurity and Reduces Administration Time by 30% with Check Point

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Applicable Industries	Agriculture National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Inventory Management Tamper Detection
Services	Training
Challenge	Laterlite, a manufacturer of insulating products for various sectors, is a complex and international operation with factories throughout Italy and sales offices in France, Switzerland, and Spain. The company's IT is managed centrally, coordinating various operations in more than 20 countries. The challenge for Laterlite was ensuring consistency of service for a diverse workforce spread across multiple locations. The company was aware that any cyber-attack could have a widespread impact on its IT services. The situation was further complicated when the company's incumbent firewall solution was nearing the end of its support, necessitating the exploration of more advanced threat prevention solutions. Read More
About Customer	Laterlite is a manufacturer of insulating products for the construction, agriculture, and industrial sectors. Like many modern manufacturing businesses, Laterlite is an increasingly complex and international operation. The company is headquartered in Milan and has factories throughout Italy, along with sales offices in France, Switzerland, and Spain. IT is managed centrally, coordinating production, R&D, customer services, and sales operations in more than 20 countries. The company's challenge was to ensure consistency of service for a diverse workforce spread across multiple locations. Read More
Solution	Laterlite turned to Check Point's Next Generation Firewalls for a more advanced threat prevention solution. Check Point's R80.10 Security Management provided unified policies and full visibility into security across all network and cloud environments. The company also benefited from the pre-emptive threat prevention capabilities of Check Point SandBlast, which helped improve IT performance. The migration to the new solution was managed by local IT partner, Sarce, who also provided additional support and training for the IT team. This comprehensive solution not only enhanced Laterlite's cybersecurity but also simplified its security rules and traffic analysis. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Applicable Industries

Agriculture

National Security & Defense

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Tamper Detection

Services

Training

Challenge

Laterlite, a manufacturer of insulating products for various sectors, is a complex and international operation with factories throughout Italy and sales offices in France, Switzerland, and Spain. The company's IT is managed centrally, coordinating various operations in more than 20 countries. The challenge for Laterlite was ensuring consistency of service for a diverse workforce spread across multiple locations. The company was aware that any cyber-attack could have a widespread impact on its IT services. The situation was further complicated when the company's incumbent firewall solution was nearing the end of its support, necessitating the exploration of more advanced threat prevention solutions.

About Customer

Laterlite is a manufacturer of insulating products for the construction, agriculture, and industrial sectors. Like many modern manufacturing businesses, Laterlite is an increasingly complex and international operation. The company is headquartered in Milan and has factories throughout Italy, along with sales offices in France, Switzerland, and Spain. IT is managed centrally, coordinating production, R&D, customer services, and sales operations in more than 20 countries. The company's challenge was to ensure consistency of service for a diverse workforce spread across multiple locations.

Solution

Laterlite turned to Check Point's Next Generation Firewalls for a more advanced threat prevention solution. Check Point's R80.10 Security Management provided unified policies and full visibility into security across all network and cloud environments. The company also benefited from the pre-emptive threat prevention capabilities of Check Point SandBlast, which helped improve IT performance. The migration to the new solution was managed by local IT partner, Sarce, who also provided additional support and training for the IT team. This comprehensive solution not only enhanced Laterlite's cybersecurity but also simplified its security rules and traffic analysis.

Impact #1	Since implementing the Check Point solution, Laterlite has become more efficient and confident in its threat prevention. The company can now create and set rules within just a few clicks, and administration time has been cut by 30%. The solution has also improved the monitoring and management capabilities of the security infrastructure, simplifying security rules and traffic analysis. Furthermore, the solution has delivered improved bandwidth performance for users, enhancing the overall efficiency of the company's operations.

Impact #1

Since implementing the Check Point solution, Laterlite has become more efficient and confident in its threat prevention. The company can now create and set rules within just a few clicks, and administration time has been cut by 30%. The solution has also improved the monitoring and management capabilities of the security infrastructure, simplifying security rules and traffic analysis. Furthermore, the solution has delivered improved bandwidth performance for users, enhancing the overall efficiency of the company's operations.

Benefit #1	Reduced security administration time by 30%
Benefit #2	Improved monitoring and management capabilities of the security infrastructure
Benefit #3	Delivered improved bandwidth performance for users

Benefit #1

Reduced security administration time by 30%

Benefit #2

Improved monitoring and management capabilities of the security infrastructure

Benefit #3

Delivered improved bandwidth performance for users

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Laterlite Enhances Cybersecurity and Reduces Administration Time by 30% with Check Point

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