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Matmut Enhances Network Security with Forcepoint

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Matmut, a major player in the French insurance market, hosts its 600 servers and their compliant copies in two data centers which are accessible by the company’s 6,000 employees. The daily objective is to maintain and exceed Matmut’s standard for high quality of service. In order to do so, the Matmut IT team has built its security portfolio around a strategy based on load balancing. Therefore, it’s crucial for its two datacenter sites to communicate efficiently with each other so that critical data can be accessed at all times. Read More
About Customer	Matmut is a significant player in the French insurance market, boasting more than 3.2 million members and nearly 6.8 million contracts. The company offers a comprehensive range of property and personal insurance products, as well as financial services and savings accounts to all individuals, professionals, companies, and associations. Matmut hosts its 600 servers and their compliant copies in two data centers, which are accessible by the company’s 6,000 employees. The company's daily objective is to maintain and exceed its standard for high quality of service. Read More
Solution	Matmut uses Forcepoint NGFW appliances to meet its standard for high quality of service. According to Cédric Chevrel, Head of Security at Matmut, Forcepoint NGFW’s load balancing functionality, which allows each appliance to be replicated between Matmut’s two data sites, was its key selling point. In this case, a pair of NGFWs share exactly the same firewall, IPS, IDS,VPN, load balancing and SD-Wan rules from one site to another. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Matmut, a major player in the French insurance market, hosts its 600 servers and their compliant copies in two data centers which are accessible by the company’s 6,000 employees. The daily objective is to maintain and exceed Matmut’s standard for high quality of service. In order to do so, the Matmut IT team has built its security portfolio around a strategy based on load balancing. Therefore, it’s crucial for its two datacenter sites to communicate efficiently with each other so that critical data can be accessed at all times.

About Customer

Matmut is a significant player in the French insurance market, boasting more than 3.2 million members and nearly 6.8 million contracts. The company offers a comprehensive range of property and personal insurance products, as well as financial services and savings accounts to all individuals, professionals, companies, and associations. Matmut hosts its 600 servers and their compliant copies in two data centers, which are accessible by the company’s 6,000 employees. The company's daily objective is to maintain and exceed its standard for high quality of service.

Solution

Matmut uses Forcepoint NGFW appliances to meet its standard for high quality of service. According to Cédric Chevrel, Head of Security at Matmut, Forcepoint NGFW’s load balancing functionality, which allows each appliance to be replicated between Matmut’s two data sites, was its key selling point. In this case, a pair of NGFWs share exactly the same firewall, IPS, IDS,VPN, load balancing and SD-Wan rules from one site to another.

Impact #1	The ability to intervene without disrupting Matmut users or data access allows Chevrel and his team to quickly update applications or redirect network traffic.
Impact #2	Matmut welcomed the ergonomics of the NGFW management console, which Chevrel says, enables system and application administrators to further support the network and its security.

Impact #1

The ability to intervene without disrupting Matmut users or data access allows Chevrel and his team to quickly update applications or redirect network traffic.

Impact #2

Matmut welcomed the ergonomics of the NGFW management console, which Chevrel says, enables system and application administrators to further support the network and its security.

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Matmut Enhances Network Security with Forcepoint

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