COVER STORY
approximately 1.5 million employees
and will have the ability to connect up
to 200 million passengers in over 300
destinations, annually.
The airport is currently being
constructed in an area of 76.5 million
square metres, north of Istanbul, which
is Turkey’s largest city and Europe’s
fourth most populated city; currently with
15 million residents and seven million
foreign visitors a year.
Because Turkey sits geographically at
the centre of four critical regions – Asia,
Africa, the Middle East and Europe – this
airport will be considered a central hub
for the world.
Built with security as
a foundation
IGA is constructing the Istanbul Airport
from the ground up. But before even
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We have built
Istanbul’s airport
as the world’s
largest airport and
with security as a
foundation.
In order to ensure the most effective
security solution for this airport, IGA
engaged with Destel, a Managed
Detection and Response (MDR) partner,
to fully understand the best options for
the airport.
An integrated security solution was one
of the most important requirements for
IGA. Scalability was also crucial as IGA
continues to expand, as well as robust
endpoint protection.
An airport that scales needs a
security solution that scales too
beginning construction, security
was always a priority in the airport
leadership’s blueprints.
IGA acknowledged the importance
of encompassing a strong security
infrastructure and had plans to build the
world’s largest airport with security as a
core foundation.
To fully secure the airport, IGA
and Destel deployed the Cisco
AMP Everywhere solution, which
encompasses Cisco AMP for
Endpoints, AMP for Networks, AMP for
Email, AMP for Web and Threat Grid.
With a full Cisco Security integrated
architecture, IGA feels confident that
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