Vidant Health (TechValidate)

Introduction

This case study of Vidant Health is based on a June 2018 survey of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

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

• A lack of or inefficient one-to-many device provisioning
• Exposure to advanced network threats
• Evaluated the following vendor before choosing Forcepoint:
  • Cisco
• Addressed the following challenges after using Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall:
  • New firewall deployment
  • Maintaining policy consistency across firewalls
  • Deploying software updates
  • Having a unified view of all firewalls

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
  • High-availability clustering of up to 16 different devices
  • Top security ranking on NSS Labs NGFW and NGIPS reports
  • Strong IPS and anti-evasion defenses
  • Interactive visual dashboards for 360° visibility across entire network

Results

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

• Less planned maintenance and fewer unplanned outages
• Fewer cyberattacks and breaches
• Less IT staff time spent managing networks
• Faster incident response times
• Lower Total Cost of Ownership
• Reports that their end-user internet performance dramatically improved as a result of moving to the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall
• Reports that their planned maintenance and unplanned outages were reduced from weeks to days since using Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall
• Reports that their incident response time was reduced from days to hours since using Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall

Source: Patrick Williams, Engineer, Vidant Health