Landkreis Augsburg Hyperscales Security with Check Point Solutions

• Networks & Connectivity - Gateways
• Networks & Connectivity - Routers & Bridges

• Cities & Municipalities
• National Security & Defense

• Inventory Management
• Tamper Detection

• System Integration

Landkreis Augsburg, a district in Bavaria, Germany, was facing a significant challenge in scaling its security to keep pace with rapid growth. The district provides services to citizens, businesses, and visitors through its main office and 14 other locations. It also provides internet access, digital capabilities, and security to 17 schools and 19 local communities. The district's IT team was responsible for managing the security of approximately 1,000 endpoints and 2,000 Windows devices through a single Check Point firewall cluster. However, the rapid growth was straining its capabilities. Additionally, the district was continuously expanding its offerings, which needed to be secured. A second firewall cluster secured the school networks, including about 3,000 Windows devices and wi-fi networks with approximately 6,000 clients. The district needed a hyperscale solution that could offer scalability without impacting performance, integrate easily with a high-availability data center strategy, and manage new challenges with existing tools.

Landkreis Augsburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany, providing a wide range of social, economic, and mobility services to its citizens, businesses, and visitors. The district operates through its main office in Augsburg and 14 other locations. It also provides internet access, digital capabilities, and security to 17 schools and 19 local communities. The district is home to 254,000 people and includes 46 towns, markets, and communities. It is also an innovation engine, attracting industrial, commerce, and service organizations. The district's IT team is responsible for managing the security of approximately 1,000 endpoints and 2,000 Windows devices.

Landkreis Augsburg chose Check Point's suite of solutions to address its security challenges. The Check Point Maestro Hyperscale Orchestrator was used to orchestrate Quantum security gateways into a unified system with on-demand scalability. It provided cloud-level resilience, high availability, and reliability to the district's on-premises environments with simple installation and management. The Check Point Quantum security gateways with Sand Blast zero-day protection provided a full spectrum of security services with industry-leading, real-time protection against the latest threats and attacks. The district used the firewall, IPS, anti-virus, anti-bot, https inspection, application control, URL filtering, Threat Extraction, Threat Emulation sandboxing, and data loss prevention blades. The team also chose Check Point PRO Support for ongoing monitoring and reporting. Check Point Professional Service worked with the district's team to cut over the district and local communities, ensuring a smooth transition.

• The implementation of Check Point's solutions was a complete success for Landkreis Augsburg. The district's team was able to leverage their existing familiarity with Check Point while simplifying security management. The Check Point R81 Security Management system prevented threats autonomously, freeing the district's team from daily routine monitoring and management while gaining full threat visibility and control. The Check Point PRO Support has been invaluable to the team, providing proactive 24x7x365 monitoring of the hyperscale implementation, professional reporting with alerts, and remediation through the dashboard. If an issue is detected, a Check Point expert contacts the team before downtime occurs. With Quantum security gateways, the district has successfully defended against many different attacks. The district's security is now future-proofed, ready for continued growth and new user requirements.

• Successfully defended against many different attacks, including the Log4J vulnerability.
• Network throughput scaled up to 1.5Tbps of threat prevention capacity.
• Secured approximately 1,000 endpoints and 2,000 Windows devices.