Going forward , we can easily adapt protection as we need it .
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Les Williamson , Regional Director , Check Point Australia and New Zealand , said : “ In conjunction with S5 Technology Group , we are delighted to have successfully deployed a cybersecurity future-fit architecture , enabling MidCoast Council to transform its approach to securing its people , data and assets while moving away from legacy infrastructure while all along aligning with the Essential Eight and a Zero Trust approach .” u
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Going forward , we can easily adapt protection as we need it .
management operations . Remote access VPN features were vital during the pandemic and intrusion prevention system ( IPS ) significantly boosted protection of networks and servers .”
“ In addition , Check Point has helped the council evolve its level of security maturity as defined by the Australian Cyber Security Centre ’ s Essential Eight security framework ,” said Beard . “ Infinity increased our security performance in ways that other vendors couldn ’ t .”
Check Point Harmony Endpoint protects the organisation ’ s PCs and laptops , preventing the most imminent threats to endpoints across the environment .
MidCoast Council also chose Check Point Horizon Managed Prevention & Response ( MDR ) for 24x7x365 security infrastructure monitoring and threat intelligence by Check Point experts ,
enabling the council to prevent , monitor , detect , investigate and remediate attacks with a single solution .
“ Check Point Infinity allows us to evolve our security without having to know all of our requirements ahead of time ,” said Nelson . “ We have immediately secured our critical infrastructure with the most advanced security humanly possible . At the same time , we can add and adapt our solutions to meet the needs we know are coming later .”
Consolidated management and logging make it easy for the MidCoast Council IT team to see the entire infrastructure .
As a collaborative environment , all Check Point Infinity solutions integrate seamlessly , allowing the team to work together .
“ Infinity gives us complete flexibility ,” said Nelson .
“ Going forward , we can easily adapt protection as we need it . For example , we ’ re migrating email to Microsoft 365 in the cloud . We ’ ll be able to extend Zero Trust to new areas of our network . Future cloud deployments will be protected . Check Point provides us with the comprehensive , consolidated , collaborative approach needed to secure whatever comes next .”
MidCoast Council occupies the southern portion of the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales , providing administration for local government entities , critical infrastructure and citizen services for around 95,000 residents spanning 10,053 sqkm ( 3,881 sq mi ).
Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software is a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions to corporate enterprises and governments globally – protecting over 100,000 organisations of all sizes .
Check Point Infinity ´ s portfolio of solutions protects enterprises and public organisations from fifth generation cyberattacks with an industry leading catch rate of malware , ransomware and other threats .
Infinity comprises four core pillars delivering what is pitched as uncompromised security and generation V threat prevention across enterprise environments : Check Point Harmony , for remote users ; Check Point CloudGuard , to automatically secure clouds ; and Check Point Quantum , to protect network perimeters and data centres , all controlled by the industry ’ s most comprehensive , intuitive unified security management ; Check Point Horizon , a prevention-first security operations suite .
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