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Government IT Agency Balances Security with High Availability
技术
- 网络安全和隐私 - 网络安全
适用功能
- 商业运营
用例
- 网络安全
服务
- 系统集成
挑战
该政府机构负责管理该国财政部的 IT 基础设施。它负责托管在线税务服务,并为该国民众处理纳税申报表。该机构运营两个冗余数据中心,以确保服务的最高可用性。该组织保存着该国所有人口的敏感数据,因此必须提供最高级别的安全性。同时,服务的可用性至关重要,因为网络必须全天候在线,才能应对如此高调的应用程序,每个公民都可能受到停机的影响。该机构必须谨慎地平衡公民数据的安全性和隐私性,以满足政府为纳税人服务而设定的高标准。该机构正在部署 McAfee IPS(入侵防御系统),但担心安全系统可能会破坏整个网络,从而影响财政部的声誉,更不用说这可能会对国家经济造成破坏。
关于客户
本案例研究中的客户是一家政府机构,负责管理该国财政部的 IT 基础设施。该机构负责托管在线税务服务,并为该国民众处理纳税申报表。该机构运行两个冗余数据中心,以确保服务的最高可用性。该组织维护着该国所有人口的敏感数据,因此必须提供最高级别的安全性。同时,服务的可用性至关重要,因为对于如此引人注目的应用程序,网络必须全天候在线,每个公民都可能受到停机的影响。
解决方案
该机构探索了多种数据包聚合和管理解决方案,发现 NETSCOUT 数据包流交换机是唯一能够帮助保护网络且不会危及网络功能的系统。该机构的主要考虑因素包括:无单点故障、基于策略的触发器、正向和负向健康检查、自动化管理、主动内联聚合和负载平衡。客户在其两个数据中心各部署了两个 NETSCOUT 2200 系列数据包流交换机。IPS 部署进展顺利,两个冗余的 McAfee IPS 系统现已在该机构的网络上投入使用。IT 经理选择部署 NETSCOUT 数据包流交换机,因为没有其他供应商可以保证组合解决方案不会在系统中断时影响网络。
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