Zètema Enhances Cybersecurity and Efficiency with Check Point

Zètema is an in-house department of the Municipality of Rome, responsible for implementing strategies to strengthen and integrate museum, tourist, and cultural services. Rome is one of the most important tourist destinations of the world, receiving seven to ten million tourists a year. Zètema’s goal is to maximize their use of the city’s historic, artistic, and cultural heritage. Zètema’s network connects 850 employees, more than 20 museums and their associated bookshops, refreshment areas, and cafes in Rome. As Zètema becomes increasingly digitally connected, it is responsible for the security of its city-wide staff and the huge amount of data generated by the many visitors who come to see Rome’s beauty.

Zètema, an in-house department of the Municipality of Rome, is responsible for implementing strategies to strengthen and integrate museum, tourist, and cultural services. With Rome being a major tourist destination, Zètema's network connects 850 employees, more than 20 museums, and their associated bookshops, refreshment areas, and cafes. As Zètema becomes increasingly digitally connected, it is responsible for the security of its city-wide staff and the vast amount of data generated by the many visitors. Initially, Zètema relied on four firewalls from multiple vendors. However, they decided to consolidate their ageing firewalls and strengthen their security position with integrated web filtering, network segmentation, and perimeter security. The challenge was to replace the complex multi-solution security environment with a single, easy-to-manage platform.

Zètema replaced its existing, complex security solution with integrated Check Point Next Generation Threat Prevention and SandBlast Zero-day Protection. The Check Point solution provides comprehensive and advanced protection from known and unknown, zero-day threats. SandBlast Threat Emulation (sandboxing) identifies unknown zero-day threats while Threat Extraction delivers safe content to users. Integrated Application Control and URL Filtering enables the small IT department to allow safe Internet use, while blocking users from visiting risky sites or using risky applications. At the center of the Check Point solution is the R80.20 cyber security management platform. This features centralized management of threat prevention and the user-based access control policy, increasing operational efficiency and lowering the complexity of managing security. Logging and event management is also fully integrated under the SmartEvent umbrella, which sifts large amounts of data to quickly present IT staff with the events that need immediate attention.

• The Check Point solution has greatly simplified Zètema's work, reducing the time spent on security tasks by half. Many security tasks are now automated, with access to certain social media, previously granted manually, now managed in seconds. The solution has not only helped protect the organization but also delivers an unprecedented level of detail on the security landscape. The impact is transformational, with the Check Point solution providing a modern solution to modern problems. The integrated security position is easier to manage, with a single interface from which to manage VPN, firewall rules, application-level security, navigation control, and integration with Active Directory.

• Increased IT team efficiency by 50%
• Created a single view of the municipality’s security policy from one console
• Centralized event management raises critical events to the top, lowering response times