The client is a German multinational company. They were looking for a vendor who could help to segregate firewall traffic and improve security of their environment.
They partnered with Infosys for a successful digital transformation program Infosys supported the network and security infrastructure in Azure platform and successfully designed and implemented all the security controls for this new requirement.
Key Challenges
- Absence of a log storage and management system in production environment
- Presence of a single inside interface to handle LAN traffic with reduced traffic on firewall
- Lack of a centralized firewall management system for the data centers
The Solution
Multi-layered security enabled
- Implemented sub-interfaces for better inspection of internal traffic which strengthened the security within data centers
- Configured a log storage system to save logs from past 3 months
- Created a new isolated zone for specific servers to segregate client traffic
- Provided multiple layered security by enabling advanced feature set of next generation firewall
- Provided weekly and monthly reports on best security practices implemented
- Saved all firewall configuration backups in secured storage path as part of disaster management
- Implemented security controls and managed firewalls of Cisco and Palo Alto Networks
Benefits
Improved reporting and managing of firewalls
Enabled best-in-class security features by providing zero trust solution
99% of P1 outages reduced due to redundancy for firewalls
Efficiently managed 12 firewalls across data centers
Optimized cost by building VM based firewalls in Azure cloud
Upgraded scalability and redundancy of security architecture with advanced features
