Radware Case Studies Pappas Automobil Deploys Radware Solutions to Provide Secure and Profitable Business Continuity

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Pappas Automobil Deploys Radware Solutions to Provide Secure and Profitable Business Continuity

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries	Automotive
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Pappas Automobil AG, Austria's largest Mercedes distributor and a nation-wide operator of service garages, had an online ordering system that enabled its many branches to order cars and parts. However, the company faced challenges in providing secure, high-throughput real-time intrusion prevention and DoS protection to guarantee continued high availability and secure service provision. The company's initial firewall protection was unable to provide the required security. The company’s network traffic needed to be protected from worms, viruses, and DoS/DDoS attacks, including SYN floods, while ensuring prompt response times and delivery of business critical applications. Continuous disruptions to the network were causing large losses as branches were unable to place orders for spare parts or locate a suitable repair destination – leading to unhappy customers and lower revenues. Read More
About Customer	Pappas Automobil is one of the largest car trading ventures in Central Europe, with 40 locations across Austria, Hungary and Bavaria. The company has been selling vehicles and providing garage services for the past 60 years, with a special focus on distributing Mercedes-Benz in Austria. Today, Pappas Automobil AG has modernized its selling methods, with an online catalog, for ordering cars, trucks and spare parts, that is used 27 Austrian branches. The company is responsible for protecting a large amount of sensitive and confidential data, it uses SSL encryption. Read More
Solution	Pappas Automobil selected Radware’s DefensePro, part of the APSolute suite, for its network in order to secure its ordering system. DefensePro is a real-time Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and DoS protection device that protects the application infrastructure against known attacks and emerging zero-minute and non-vulnerability network attacks to ensure service availability even when under network attack. Once detected, DefensePro immediately differentiates between malicious and legitimate network activity without requiring human intervention. A real-time signature is created automatically to mitigate an attack while allowing approved traffic to continue as normal. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Pappas Automobil AG, Austria's largest Mercedes distributor and a nation-wide operator of service garages, had an online ordering system that enabled its many branches to order cars and parts. However, the company faced challenges in providing secure, high-throughput real-time intrusion prevention and DoS protection to guarantee continued high availability and secure service provision. The company's initial firewall protection was unable to provide the required security. The company’s network traffic needed to be protected from worms, viruses, and DoS/DDoS attacks, including SYN floods, while ensuring prompt response times and delivery of business critical applications. Continuous disruptions to the network were causing large losses as branches were unable to place orders for spare parts or locate a suitable repair destination – leading to unhappy customers and lower revenues.

About Customer

Pappas Automobil is one of the largest car trading ventures in Central Europe, with 40 locations across Austria, Hungary and Bavaria. The company has been selling vehicles and providing garage services for the past 60 years, with a special focus on distributing Mercedes-Benz in Austria. Today, Pappas Automobil AG has modernized its selling methods, with an online catalog, for ordering cars, trucks and spare parts, that is used 27 Austrian branches. The company is responsible for protecting a large amount of sensitive and confidential data, it uses SSL encryption.

Solution

Pappas Automobil selected Radware’s DefensePro, part of the APSolute suite, for its network in order to secure its ordering system. DefensePro is a real-time Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and DoS protection device that protects the application infrastructure against known attacks and emerging zero-minute and non-vulnerability network attacks to ensure service availability even when under network attack. Once detected, DefensePro immediately differentiates between malicious and legitimate network activity without requiring human intervention. A real-time signature is created automatically to mitigate an attack while allowing approved traffic to continue as normal.

Impact #1	Pappas Automobil's online ordering and transaction system is now easier to use, and more reliable.
Impact #2	With secure, continual communication, free of network disruptions, branches are able to efficiently order new cars and parts and locate the most suitable repair site as needed.
Impact #3	Promised timelines are met, resulting in more satisfied customers and prompting an increase in orders.

Impact #1

Pappas Automobil's online ordering and transaction system is now easier to use, and more reliable.

Impact #2

With secure, continual communication, free of network disruptions, branches are able to efficiently order new cars and parts and locate the most suitable repair site as needed.

Impact #3

Promised timelines are met, resulting in more satisfied customers and prompting an increase in orders.

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Pappas Automobil Deploys Radware Solutions to Provide Secure and Profitable Business Continuity

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