When most of us hear about data breaches a few high-profile examples pop into our mind and we worry about the safety of our personal information. While sites like SC Magazine’s Data Breach Blog can scare you with how many lower-profile breaches happen every day, an even scarier thought is the number worldwide that we don’t hear about because of lack of disclosure laws.
Now think beyond the worry of whether your own data is safe and imagine being responsible for the personal information of millions of people.
Many corporate and government organizations are fending off ongoing targeted and purposeful attacks that create constantly shifting threats.
"The number of attacks is staggering, and expanding at an astounding rate. In the past year alone, we prevented 1.06 trillion intrusion events in 249 countries. That's not a typo: 1.06 trillion intrusion events. In one year," noted Michael Dell in regard to how we at Dell secure and protect data for companies of all sizes.
In this environment, standard security protocols do not adequately protect the modern IT ecosystem. Due to tech trends such as BYOD and cloud computing, the traditional approach of building a single security defense tower leaves myriad access points on the perimeter of an organization vulnerable to attack. Today’s organizations need a security approach that provides protection from the network to users and ultimately end points and the cloud.
With this set of powerful security tools, Dell’s customers have been able to mitigate risks, and, as a result, accelerate their business results. There are multiple ways to secure an organization’s IT infrastructure from inside-out and outside-in. Dell’s IT security vision and extensive portfolio of solutions give customers the power to solve their biggest vulnerability and compliance challenges today. One method that our customers have seen success with is to prevent and protect against attacks from the perimeter. Here are just three real-world examples:
- Massage Envy is one of the nation’s leading health and wellness franchises with a large database of customer information to protect. To ensure PCI compliance at its clinics across the country, Massage Envy deploys Dell SonicWALL next generation firewall solutions to great success. Since implementing Dell security solutions, the organization has seen malware reduced by up to 30 percent while its IT personnel saves 32 hours every week through the simplified process of centralized management of more than 960 firewalls. As Massage Envy’s business expanded, Dell met the franchises’ needs for an enterprise-grade IT solution that could scale to accommodate growth while boosting security and ease-of-management.
“We consider our firewalls to be one of the most important parts of our IT solution,” said Stacey Arellano, IT program manager, Massage Envy Spa. “We needed firewalls that provided the level of security that we required for a national brand, but were still affordable for owners of small or medium-sized businesses. Because all of our sites now use a standardized Dell solution, we fully understand all of the technologies throughout our infrastructure so we can mitigate risks.”
- Tippett Studio, the Academy Award-winning visual effects studio behind the graphics in the celebrated science documentary series COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey, depends on Dell end-to-end solutions to deliver breath-taking graphics under tight deadlines. Tippett Studio leverages Dell SonicWALL Network Security Appliance E8510 next-generation firewall to keep its entire setup of Dell Precision Workstations and PowerEdge Servers secure from threats. The peace of mind provided by Dell security solutions allows Tippett’s creative staff to focus on bringing fantastic worlds to life on the screen.
- The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), a world class research facility in Dubai housing a team of international scientists working to improve farming in marginal and arid environments, leverages Dell security solutions to optimize cyber defense of its high-level research data. ICBA uses a direct link with NASA satellites and stations to receive weather and forecast outputs, and requires uninterrupted security during data transfers. That’s where Dell’s end-to-end security solutions come in. Dell SonicWALL NSA 3500 Next Generation Firewall integrates intrusion prevention, malware protection, and application intelligence and control with real-time virtualization. Combined with Dell SonicWALL Email Security ES3300, ICBA rests easy while transferring sensitive research data on a daily basis.
Each of these businesses are growing and innovating in a world where BYOD and cloud computing have opened up new access points for cybercriminals to infiltrate and sidestep static security solutions. The hackers aren’t going away, but Dell matches their determination by providing protection for every vulnerability from the end user to the data center to the cloud.
