KPIT Cummins Infosystems uses Websense Security Gateway to ...

case study: KPIT Cummins Infosystems LtdKPIT Cummins Infosystems uses Websense SecurityGateway to protect the company from Web based threatsOverviewKPIT is focused on co-creating domain-intensive technology products andsolutions to help its customers become efficient, integrated and innovativemanufacturing enterprises. In a world where success is a function of time,‘speed-to-enable’ has become the company motto and this has been reflected inits approach to security.ProfileFocused on co-innovating domainintensive technology solutionsOperating across two key verticalsectors - manufacturing (Automotive,Industrial, Technology) and DiversifiedFinancial ServicesEmploys 4800+ globally withheadquarter in Pune, IndiaIndustryIT ConsultancyWebsense IntegrationWebsense Web Security Gateway“The ability withWebsense to protectremote usersdistinguished the solutionfrom its competitors.”Mandar Marulkar,Head, Technical InfrastructureManagement Services and CISOVijay Joshi,Manager Networks & ProjectsWith a head office and development centre in Pune, the company also hasdevelopment centre’s in Bangalore and Poland, and offices in the US, UK, France,Germany and Japan.The ProblemKPIT Cummins required a Web security solution that would seamlessly managethe Web and protect its network. On its squid-based proxy servers, it previouslywould update policies manually, and the efficacy of these policies was largelydependent on the knowledge and skill-base of the security administrators.In the past, most Web content was static and predictable. But today’s reality isthat Web content – even from so-called ‘trusted’ sites – is constantly changing.Reactive Web filtering measures can’t keep up and KPIT Cummins was awarethat it needed a solution that could offer real-time protection and automaticallyblock Web threats and malicious sites as they are identified in the wild.“Various kinds of threats and attacks—spyware, malicious software, keyloggers—are being launched every second,” says Mandar Marulkar, Head – TechnicalInfrastructure Management Services and CISO at KPIT Cummins. “We needed asecurity solution that would mitigate these threats on an ongoing basis.”The SolutionHaving considered a number of solutions, KPIT Cummins found that WebsenseWeb Security Gateway fully met its requirements. Websense Security Gatewayenables the organisation to manage dynamic Web 2.0 content and SSL traffic,scan for malcode in real-time and block blended threats,Real-time protection“Websense offered the most powerful protection in real-time. The solution isalso easy to use, as it is completely GUI-based and provides us with exhaustiveand granular policy management,” said Vijay Joshi, Manager Networks &Projects.ChallengeTo provide real-time and easyto manage protection froman ever-changing Web threatlandscapeSolutionWebsense Web SecurityGatewayBenefitsMinimised exposure tothreats, optimised bandwidthusage and productivityand protection for remoteworkers

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