Project Brief and Challenge
Cyber-attacks on all businesses are now inevitable. IT Cyber Security is no longer just about preventing attacks, it’s about preparing for them. This means finding and dealing with them in real-time. The longer a cyber-attack goes undetected (on average around 150 days), the more damage it does to a business.
The challenge was to review the complete Cyber security of this business. Our security expert was tasked to review the risk “posture”. This refers to a company’s overall cyber security status – how the business is protected from breaches and digital data is safeguarded. This included the overall management and cyber strategy related to protecting the client’s software and hardware, network, services, and data. The process identified the IT security risks. From there, we recommended and applied new rules, including hardware and software to mitigate security risks, along with changes in working procedures, policies and staff training.
The review process was just the start, as PDQ continued with an ongoing review to ensure that all of the security measures were performing to set standards; these included essential management policies to comply with ISO 27001, PCI DSS and Cyber Essentials (HM Government Standard).
Solution Overview
WatchGuard’s Unified Security Platform® architecture is the single platform for elevating protection against threats to networks, endpoints, and identities. Cloud-based centralized management, safeguards for every threat vector, shared threat intelligence, and platform-wide automation make it the perfect choice for any organization, regardless of budget, size, or complexity.
- Simple and Cost-effective Network Security
All of WatchGuard’s security services are delivered as an integrated solution within an easy-to-manage and cost-effective Firebox appliance that is available as both physical and virtual instances. With WatchGuard, you never have to choose between security and performance. Each Firebox appliance is ready to deliver the full portfolio of security services, along with a suite of management and visibility tools to keep you ahead of the rapidly evolving threat landscape. As new technologies are made available, we enable you to easily upgrade software to incorporate the latest offerings.
- Identity Security and MFA
AuthPoint Identity Security provides the security you need to protect identities, assets, accounts, and data. Work worry-free with powerful, simple, and cost-effective WatchGuard solutions for multi-factor authentication and credential management.
- Secure, Cloud-Managed Wi-Fi
Technology has changed the way everyone does business. Wi-Fi is a necessity that has become all about convenience, security, and performance. WatchGuard doesn’t just offer Wi-Fi connectivity, we offer patented security, increased productivity, and improved customer satisfaction. When you deploy a WatchGuard access point with WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud enabled, you unlock invaluable tools to take your business to the next level.
- Powerful Endpoint Protection
Our Cloud-native endpoint security integrates the technology and intelligence needed for advanced prevention, detection, and containment and response to threats. It includes a full stack of integrated product options including encryption, patching, remote monitoring and management, and more
- Cloud Management
WatchGuard Cloud is the central management and visibility interface for the entire WatchGuard security stack. Delivering ultimate clarity and control across WatchGuard’s entire Unified Security Platform architecture, it streamlines security deployments and empowers better monitoring, enforcement, and reporting.
Result and outcome
- Ongoing strategy and Continuous improvement, as hackers and threats are always evolving
- Cost efficiencies, to streamline security solutions into one partner, while reducing costs
- Identify at-risk users, through ongoing training, improve Cyber planning
- Cyber Essentials certification and update cyber insurance