We have gained a lot of insight into where traffic has been flowing on and off our local network. We have been able to tighten up holes we didn’t know we had. We feel more prepared than we did before.

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise health care company is based on a June 2018 survey of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall:

  • Exposure to advanced network threats
  • Evaluated the following vendors before choosing Forcepoint:
    • Check Point
  • Addressed the following challenges after using Forcepoint Next
  • Generation Firewall:
    • New firewall deployment

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall that the surveyed company uses:

  • Chose Forcepoint because of the following capabilities:
    • Local implementation of the solution that does not require an onsite technician
    • Strong IPS and anti-evasion defenses

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall:

  • Fewer cyber attacks and breaches
  • Reports that their end-user internet performance minimally improved as a result of moving to the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall
  • Reports that their planned maintenance and unplanned outages were reduced from hours to minutes since using Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall
  • Reports that their incident response time was reduced from hours to minutes since using Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall
Source: TechValidate survey of a Medium Enterprise Health Care Company