The Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology protects its confidential data

The Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN), a leading private international research organisation, is protecting its network infrastructure, employees’ mobile devices and sensitive data using Check Point solutions.

The ICN has deployed two high-end Check Point 12600 appliances and implemented advanced Threat Prevention features, including Antivirus, Anti-bot, URL Filtering, Application Control and Identity Awareness, to protect its networks and data against external attacks, web-based threats and potential security breaches. The ICN selected Check Point security solutions due to their extensive features and functionality, cost/performance ratio and unified management.

The Institute has also deployed the Check Point Capsule mobile security solution, which simplifies mobile security management and protects corporate data by creating a secure business environment on all devices, in line with corporate policies. Using Capsule the ICN is able to protect all data on staff mobile devices, and protect those devices against external threats.

David Lizcano, IT Manager of the ICN, said: "Check Point Capsule has been a key security component for ICN, as our researchers can now work and access data anywhere at any time, as if they were at the research center, accessing data with guaranteed integrity and security."

"With Check Point we have moved to a new generation system, using the entire suite of security features on its Threat Prevention Software Blades, which allows us to tightly control everything that happens on our network,” continued Lizcano. “We now have a solid security system allowing us to detect abnormal network events, malware and other incidents in an easy and centralised manner, as well as blocking the entry of new and emerging threats with very high levels of accuracy. In the unlikely event that malware gets through, being able to predict these issues before they affect our operations and proactive in solving them is a great help. Since the implementation of the Check Point solution, no intrusion attempts have been successful”.

Following the initial deployment, the ICN is now in the process of implementing Check Point’s ThreatCloud Emulation solution, to provide protection against new vulnerabilities, unknown threats and targeted attacks before they are able to infect the network.

"The scalability of the Check Point solution has allowed us to provide access to applications, laboratory instrumentation and endpoints in a totally secure manner, facilitating the implementation of initiatives such as remote working and BYOD,” Lizcano added. “We now can implement much more flexible security policies, taking into account the specific needs of our different businesses and departments.”