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Mississippi Secretary of State Enhances Security with Check Point SandBlast

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Intrusion Detection Cybersecurity & Privacy - Malware Protection
Applicable Industries	Education National Security & Defense
Use Cases	Supply Chain Visibility Tamper Detection
Challenge	The Mississippi Secretary of State, which provides information and services to citizens through eight different divisions, was facing a significant challenge in upgrading its security posture to protect against advanced threats such as ransomware. The agency was in need of a solution that could simplify management and provide comprehensive advanced threat prevention from network to endpoint. The solutions previously deployed lacked capabilities such as sandboxing that could accurately stop and analyze potential threats. Endpoint protection was a traditional, signature-based antivirus product that not only missed malware and advanced threats, but also negatively impacted users’ PC performance. The agency also lacked adequate visibility into threats and actionable information for combating them. Read More
About Customer	The Mississippi Secretary of State is a government agency comprised of eight divisions, each with specific responsibility for delivering information and services to its constituencies. The divisions include Business Formation and Services; Charities; Public Lands; Elections and Voting; Regulation and Enforcement; Securities; Education and Publications; and Policy and Research. The agency faces the same cyber threats that target large enterprises and other levels of government, making security a high priority. Recently, the agency upgraded its security infrastructure to achieve a number of goals. Read More
Solution	The agency evaluated potential solutions and chose Check Point SandBlast Zero-Day Protection and Check Point SandBlast Agent. The SandBlast Zero-Day Protection provides complete protection against zero-day and targeted attacks. Its Threat Emulation technology monitors CPU-based instruction flow for exploits trying to bypass OS security controls, stopping attacks before they can evade detection. Threat Extraction removes exploitable content, reconstructs files to eliminate potential threats, and promptly delivers sanitized content to users. The SandBlast Agent provides a complete set of real-time anti-ransomware, anti-bot, zero phishing, and automated incident analysis features. This solution not only upgraded the agency's security infrastructure but also optimized its security posture and processes. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Intrusion Detection

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Malware Protection

Applicable Industries

Education

National Security & Defense

Use Cases

Supply Chain Visibility

Tamper Detection

Challenge

The Mississippi Secretary of State, which provides information and services to citizens through eight different divisions, was facing a significant challenge in upgrading its security posture to protect against advanced threats such as ransomware. The agency was in need of a solution that could simplify management and provide comprehensive advanced threat prevention from network to endpoint. The solutions previously deployed lacked capabilities such as sandboxing that could accurately stop and analyze potential threats. Endpoint protection was a traditional, signature-based antivirus product that not only missed malware and advanced threats, but also negatively impacted users’ PC performance. The agency also lacked adequate visibility into threats and actionable information for combating them.

About Customer

The Mississippi Secretary of State is a government agency comprised of eight divisions, each with specific responsibility for delivering information and services to its constituencies. The divisions include Business Formation and Services; Charities; Public Lands; Elections and Voting; Regulation and Enforcement; Securities; Education and Publications; and Policy and Research. The agency faces the same cyber threats that target large enterprises and other levels of government, making security a high priority. Recently, the agency upgraded its security infrastructure to achieve a number of goals.

Solution

The agency evaluated potential solutions and chose Check Point SandBlast Zero-Day Protection and Check Point SandBlast Agent. The SandBlast Zero-Day Protection provides complete protection against zero-day and targeted attacks. Its Threat Emulation technology monitors CPU-based instruction flow for exploits trying to bypass OS security controls, stopping attacks before they can evade detection. Threat Extraction removes exploitable content, reconstructs files to eliminate potential threats, and promptly delivers sanitized content to users. The SandBlast Agent provides a complete set of real-time anti-ransomware, anti-bot, zero phishing, and automated incident analysis features. This solution not only upgraded the agency's security infrastructure but also optimized its security posture and processes.

Impact #1	The deployment of Check Point SandBlast Zero-Day Protection and SandBlast Agent has brought significant operational benefits to the Mississippi Secretary of State. Two days after deployment, the solution detected and stopped ransomware on multiple endpoints in the agency. It has since alerted the team to other threats and stopped a bot from taking control over machines. The solution also regularly sandboxes dangerous file types that come into the agency, stripping out potentially malicious links and other exploitable content before passing a clean file to users. The solution's ability to identify and stop zero-day threats before they can cause harm, and its feature of quarantining endpoints off the network to prevent potential damage from spreading, has saved time for the agency's small team with limited resources.

Impact #1

The deployment of Check Point SandBlast Zero-Day Protection and SandBlast Agent has brought significant operational benefits to the Mississippi Secretary of State. Two days after deployment, the solution detected and stopped ransomware on multiple endpoints in the agency. It has since alerted the team to other threats and stopped a bot from taking control over machines. The solution also regularly sandboxes dangerous file types that come into the agency, stripping out potentially malicious links and other exploitable content before passing a clean file to users. The solution's ability to identify and stop zero-day threats before they can cause harm, and its feature of quarantining endpoints off the network to prevent potential damage from spreading, has saved time for the agency's small team with limited resources.

Benefit #1	Immediately stopped ransomware and other exploits after deployment
Benefit #2	Saved IT time by automatic detection and quarantining of threats
Benefit #3	Gained detailed visibility into threats with forensics

Benefit #1

Immediately stopped ransomware and other exploits after deployment

Benefit #2

Saved IT time by automatic detection and quarantining of threats

Benefit #3

Gained detailed visibility into threats with forensics

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Mississippi Secretary of State Enhances Security with Check Point SandBlast

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