Check Point Infinity provides the council with a comprehensive security solution stack across its data centres , endpoints and remote locations and will support the organisation to simplify its complex infrastructure . The MidCoast Council IT network connects 80 sites , including district offices , citizen services centres and critical infrastructure plants , primarily using a private microwave radio network . Additional sites connect to the network via 4G or VPN . Services are delivered from a primary data centre with a secondary data centre providing backup and Disaster Recovery capabilities .

With more than 1,100 users including external contractors , the IT team also supports nine communications towers , around 30 Vcentre Hosts , 250 virtual machines , 200 desktop PCs , 1,000 mobile devices and 600 Windows laptops .

“ We needed a holistic , consistent security solution and selected Check Point partner , S5 Technology Group , to help us achieve our goals of achieving a single-pane-of-glass management and flexibility to support immediate and future deployments without disruption ,” said Mike Nelson , Coordinator IT Infrastructure , MidCoast Council .

MidCoast Council has deployed Check Point Quantum Security Gateways for network Edge security in the main office and to secure segmented traffic at local sites . With Quantum security gateways , MidCoast Council automatically benefits

from Check Point ThreatCloud AI , which keeps customers ' networks fully informed about new evasive threats and delivers immediate cybersecurity updates to protect the council ’ s digital assets . The council also upgraded security in its primary data centre using Check Point Quantum Lightspeed for up to 3Tbps throughput with ultra-low latency . Quantum Lightspeed provides firewall services for the organisation ' s internal corporate networks .

" The single most effective solution for us so far has been the Quantum Security Gateways ," said Aaron Beard , Senior Network Administrator for MidCoast Council . " We ' ve relied extensively on several key features . Identity awareness capabilities give us granular visibility of users , groups and machines to support critical water quality and wastewater 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 . Infinity increased our security performance – in throughput and protection – 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 and Response ( MDR ) for 24 / 7 / 365 security infrastructure monitoring and threat intelligence by CheckPoint elite experts enabling the council to prevent , monitor , detect , investigate and remediate attacks with a single solution . �

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