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How an International Equipment Manufacturer
Eliminated Ongoing Attacks on their Networkwith Impactful and Effective Protection

BACKGROUNDSECURITY CHALLENGES

Before becoming a ThreatSTOP customer, the global

The global equipment manufacturer's

equipment manufacturer had every flashy security

security team had a false sense ofproduct implemented in their network - yet they werestill constantly being attacked. With all systems
showing zero gaps, and no unpatched areas, themanufacturer needed a solution that would prove
effective in reality.

security - they had "all the rightmeasures" but were still constantly
under attack.

WHY THEY CHOSE THREATSTOP
The manufacturer's team selected

SOLUTION IMPACT

ThreatSTOP because its cloud-based
security solution offers quick, reliable
and automatic protection frommalicious inbound IP and DNS attacks,
and reveals outbound connections by

Full Visibility
in to the network

Thousands ofAttacks Blocked

Reportingcritical insights

malware already in the network, with no
new hardware required.

ThreatSTOP | An International Manufacturer Case Study

THE PROBLEM
The security team had deployed and was managing amature, layered security program including a stateof-the-art system with next-generation firewalls,
IDS/IPS, web filtering, anti-spam, anti-malware,
endpoint protection, and SIEM with threat
intelligence. Yet with all those big buzz words andsecurity concepts - they still had evidence of ongoing
successful cyberattacks, resulting in malware
infections and high volumes of malicious traffic.

The team felt they had a false sense of security,with their tools reporting no current risks. For
example, endpoint protection indicated 100%coverage and patch management reported all
systems updated and no patches required - butthey were still being successfully attacked. The
security team understood that they need a solutionthat would prove actually effective when tested,
and began searching for one.

THE SOLUTION
After considering both FireEye and ThreatSTOP for advanced threat protection, the manufacturing company
chose ThreatSTOP because of its superior performance - it effectively blocked advanced attacks. and was anease to deploy and use. In addition, no training was needed, nor new hardware required. All this, at a fractionof the cost of competing solutions such as FireEye. After just one day of deploying proactive ThreatSTOP
security, many malicious IPs trying to communicate with the customer's network were identified and blocked
by ThreatSTOP.
ThreatSTOP blocked malicious traffic that was previously allowed to pass through the network's firewalls,
web filter, anti-spam gateway, and DNS firewalls. In addition, ThreatSTOP blocked use of an unapproved
videoconferencing application which could be used to exfiltrate sensitive information. The application user
was easily identified via ThreatSTOP reporting, enabling corrective personnel to take action and provide thenecessary cyber security training.

RESULTS - Effective Protection and Peace of Mind
ThreatSTOP has proven to be an easy and very cost-effective cloud service that solves the pervasive botnet
and malware problem at the gateway. Automatically aggregating over 800 threat intelligence sources, it
protects against various types of threats and data theft without requiring the cost, time and complexity of aforklift upgrade that most other solutions require. ThreatSTOP's web-based reports provide a simple andeffective diagnostic as well as remediation tool for IT and security professionals to protect their networks.

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