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Midwest Rubber Enhances Global SaaS Workplace Security with Check Point

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Public Cloud
Applicable Industries	Glass National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions	Maintenance Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Additive Manufacturing Tamper Detection
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Midwest Rubber Service & Supply Company, a global manufacturing organization, faced significant challenges in securing its cloud-based SaaS applications. The company operates across three continents and relies heavily on Microsoft Office 365 applications and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central cloud ERP for its operations. Its servers are hosted on Microsoft Azure, and it also supports its multinational operations on a Citrix digital workspace environment. With a vast amount of data moving between sites, endpoints, and in the cloud, maintaining pervasive security was a top business imperative. The company needed to protect customer and internal data, maintain regulatory compliance, protect SaaS users from malware, phishing, and malicious attacks, and simplify management complexity. Read More
About Customer	Midwest Rubber Service & Supply Company is a leading manufacturer, fabricator, and distributor of high-quality rubber products. Founded in 1976, the company provides belting and conveyor products for various industries including food, paper, packaging, and distribution, as well as the global floor care industry. The firm is headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota, and has additional sites in the Netherlands and China. Despite its name, Midwest Rubber is a global organization with operations spanning three continents and customers worldwide. The company relies heavily on cloud-based SaaS applications to stay agile and keep costs in line. Read More
Solution	Midwest Rubber deployed Check Point CloudGuard SaaS, a cloud service designed specifically to protect enterprise SaaS environments. This solution blocks attacks intended to steal data on SaaS applications and cloud email. It provides deep visibility and complete protection against malware, zero-days, sophisticated phishing attacks, and hijacking of employee SaaS accounts. The company also implemented Check Point SandBlast Agent to extend advanced threat prevention to endpoint devices. This solution captures and automatically analyzes complete forensics data, providing actionable insight and context to quickly remediate attacks in the event of a breach. To provide an additional layer of endpoint protection, Midwest Rubber deployed Check Point Full Disk Encryption (FDE), which delivers transparent security for all information on all endpoint drives. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Public Cloud

Applicable Industries

Glass

National Security & Defense

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Additive Manufacturing

Tamper Detection

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Midwest Rubber Service & Supply Company, a global manufacturing organization, faced significant challenges in securing its cloud-based SaaS applications. The company operates across three continents and relies heavily on Microsoft Office 365 applications and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central cloud ERP for its operations. Its servers are hosted on Microsoft Azure, and it also supports its multinational operations on a Citrix digital workspace environment. With a vast amount of data moving between sites, endpoints, and in the cloud, maintaining pervasive security was a top business imperative. The company needed to protect customer and internal data, maintain regulatory compliance, protect SaaS users from malware, phishing, and malicious attacks, and simplify management complexity.

About Customer

Midwest Rubber Service & Supply Company is a leading manufacturer, fabricator, and distributor of high-quality rubber products. Founded in 1976, the company provides belting and conveyor products for various industries including food, paper, packaging, and distribution, as well as the global floor care industry. The firm is headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota, and has additional sites in the Netherlands and China. Despite its name, Midwest Rubber is a global organization with operations spanning three continents and customers worldwide. The company relies heavily on cloud-based SaaS applications to stay agile and keep costs in line.

Solution

Midwest Rubber deployed Check Point CloudGuard SaaS, a cloud service designed specifically to protect enterprise SaaS environments. This solution blocks attacks intended to steal data on SaaS applications and cloud email. It provides deep visibility and complete protection against malware, zero-days, sophisticated phishing attacks, and hijacking of employee SaaS accounts. The company also implemented Check Point SandBlast Agent to extend advanced threat prevention to endpoint devices. This solution captures and automatically analyzes complete forensics data, providing actionable insight and context to quickly remediate attacks in the event of a breach. To provide an additional layer of endpoint protection, Midwest Rubber deployed Check Point Full Disk Encryption (FDE), which delivers transparent security for all information on all endpoint drives.

Impact #1	With the implementation of Check Point CloudGuard SaaS, Midwest Rubber has gained confidence in its SaaS users' productivity without worrying about account takeovers, unknown logins, or access from unknown regions. The solution has helped the company block numerous email and shadow IT threats, providing visibility into work account activities and preventing potential data loss. Check Point SandBlast Agent has significantly reduced the time spent on cleaning machines and removing malware or viruses, allowing the IT team to focus on other tasks. The Full Disk Encryption (FDE) has ensured that all devices, including mobile ones, are GDPR and PCI compliant. The cloud service has also helped the IT team reduce alert fatigue by providing meaningful alerts and a dashboard that presents relevant data on a single pane of glass. With this secure and flexible cloud foundation, Midwest Rubber is looking forward to deploying new capabilities as the solution matures in the future.

Impact #1

With the implementation of Check Point CloudGuard SaaS, Midwest Rubber has gained confidence in its SaaS users' productivity without worrying about account takeovers, unknown logins, or access from unknown regions. The solution has helped the company block numerous email and shadow IT threats, providing visibility into work account activities and preventing potential data loss. Check Point SandBlast Agent has significantly reduced the time spent on cleaning machines and removing malware or viruses, allowing the IT team to focus on other tasks. The Full Disk Encryption (FDE) has ensured that all devices, including mobile ones, are GDPR and PCI compliant. The cloud service has also helped the IT team reduce alert fatigue by providing meaningful alerts and a dashboard that presents relevant data on a single pane of glass. With this secure and flexible cloud foundation, Midwest Rubber is looking forward to deploying new capabilities as the solution matures in the future.

Benefit #1	Comprehensive protection for public cloud (SaaS) applications was achieved.
Benefit #2	Compliance for global manufacturing sites was ensured.
Benefit #3	Advanced threat protection was extended to endpoint devices.

Benefit #1

Comprehensive protection for public cloud (SaaS) applications was achieved.

Benefit #2

Compliance for global manufacturing sites was ensured.

Benefit #3

Advanced threat protection was extended to endpoint devices.

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Midwest Rubber Enhances Global SaaS Workplace Security with Check Point

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