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Swiss Life Case Study

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	In 2009, Swiss Life France recognized a key challenge which had been impacting the company as well as several of its peers. Zero-day malware and advanced persistent threats, such as ransomware and rootkits, were infiltrating its network undetected. As a result, Swiss Life recognized that it needed to optimize and better secure the infiltration and exfiltration of its data. In addition, Swiss Life’s sales representatives working remotely (approximately 1,400 in total) are equipped with laptops and Windows tablets. These devices are frequently connected to unsecured external networks and must be equipped with the same level of protection as if connected to the corporate network. Read More
About Customer	Swiss Life has been invested in the financial security of its customers since 1857. A leading provider of insurance and wealth management, Swiss Life manages close to £62B ($64.7B) of assets throughout 12 countries. Teams are located in Switzerland, Germany, France and Luxembourg. Swiss Life France is well positioned as the organization’s largest subsidiary with 2,750 employees as of early 2016. Read More
Solution	For Swiss Life France, the evaluation process for an efficient, bestin-class security solution began in 2009. After an audit of its systems and a successful proof of concept for functionality, Swiss Life chose Forcepoint Web Security as its comprehensive real-time, inline solution to protect against advanced, non-signature threats. Accompanied by partner and integrator Yourax since 2011, Forcepoint has been able to aggregate Swiss Life’s infrastructure with Microsoft’s Active Directory to efficiently manage user groups and SIEM (security information and event management) software. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

In 2009, Swiss Life France recognized a key challenge which had been impacting the company as well as several of its peers. Zero-day malware and advanced persistent threats, such as ransomware and rootkits, were infiltrating its network undetected. As a result, Swiss Life recognized that it needed to optimize and better secure the infiltration and exfiltration of its data. In addition, Swiss Life’s sales representatives working remotely (approximately 1,400 in total) are equipped with laptops and Windows tablets. These devices are frequently connected to unsecured external networks and must be equipped with the same level of protection as if connected to the corporate network.

About Customer

Swiss Life has been invested in the financial security of its customers since 1857. A leading provider of insurance and wealth management, Swiss Life manages close to £62B ($64.7B) of assets throughout 12 countries. Teams are located in Switzerland, Germany, France and Luxembourg. Swiss Life France is well positioned as the organization’s largest subsidiary with 2,750 employees as of early 2016.

Solution

For Swiss Life France, the evaluation process for an efficient, bestin-class security solution began in 2009. After an audit of its systems and a successful proof of concept for functionality, Swiss Life chose Forcepoint Web Security as its comprehensive real-time, inline solution to protect against advanced, non-signature threats. Accompanied by partner and integrator Yourax since 2011, Forcepoint has been able to aggregate Swiss Life’s infrastructure with Microsoft’s Active Directory to efficiently manage user groups and SIEM (security information and event management) software.

Impact #1	Forcepoint Web Security has ensured the regulation and security of Swiss Life’s flow of data. Whether connected to a hotel’s wireless network or from home, the Swiss Life sales team is able to avoid malicious attacks that may divert or modify sensitive information.
Impact #2	Choosing to deploy Forcepoint Web Security in a hybrid environment continues to provide high-performance security that’s as reliable as it is flexible for Swiss Life.

Impact #1

Forcepoint Web Security has ensured the regulation and security of Swiss Life’s flow of data. Whether connected to a hotel’s wireless network or from home, the Swiss Life sales team is able to avoid malicious attacks that may divert or modify sensitive information.

Impact #2

Choosing to deploy Forcepoint Web Security in a hybrid environment continues to provide high-performance security that’s as reliable as it is flexible for Swiss Life.

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