Profile
Leading manufacturer and distributor of poultry meat
Manages the entire integrated production chain from farming to processing over 16 plants
Over 6,500 employees throughout Italy
Industry
Manufacturing
Websense Integration
Websense Web Security Gateway
Websense V10000 Appliance
Websense Hosted Email Security
“By choosing Websense to provide our security solutions we have avoided the management costs and difficulties which often arise from using multiple vendors.”
Gianluca Giovannetti
Chief Information Officer ,
Gruppo Amadori
Francesco Fabbri
Chief Security Officer ,
Gruppo Amadori
Challenge
Manage Web security, improve email security and reduce the administration overheads
Solution
Websense Web Security Gateway
Websense V10000 Appliance
Websense Hosted Email Security
Benefits
Improved Web and email security, and reduction of IT help desk workload
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Overview
Amadori is an innovative and modern food company, specializing in meat-based dishes. Established in San Vittore di Cesena, Italy, over forty years ago, the group, has 16 factories, 33 branches and employs over 6500 workers. The success of Amadori is based on the way in which it manages the entire integrated production chain including farms, feed producers, hatcheries and food processing plants.
The Problem
With the increasing adoption of Web 2.0, Amadori recognised that while it could present strong opportunities and deliver new and innovative ways to communicate both internally and externally there was the need to better manage the advanced threats it presented.
As a result, Amadori decided to review the security of its IT infrastructure in order to better protect the organisation. “Although we believed our security was at a satisfactory level we felt that there was still need for improvement,” says Gianluca Giovannetti, Chief Information Officer, Amadori. “
Another area of concern for Amadori was the necessity to keep its employees secure, safe and productive wherever they were working. The organisation had seen an increase in the number of users working off-site, sometimes in public areas, with little protection.
In addition, despite having adequate email security, Amadori was managing increasing amounts of spam. Supporting over 6,500 users, the IT department had expressed concern at the amount of time it was spending dealing with help desk calls. The organisation was keen to free IT resource to focus on more pressing projects and activities.
The Solution
Following a decision to undertake a full review of its security, Amadori’s IT department began a project which reviewed three possible vendors. It had several goals it wanted to achieve across both Web and email including improving its protection against the new wave of malicious blended threats it was facing and greater overall email security. The ultimate aim was to enable the IT department to become more efficient and dynamic.
“We took the decision to trial Websense because Gartner had stated it as a leader in its field,” says Francesco Fabbri, Chief Security Officer, Amadori Group. “The testing lasted for one month across both Web and hosted email and Websense demonstrated its capabilities immediately.”
Following the trial of the different vendors, Amadori took the decision to implement Websense Web Security Gateway™, with the Websense V10000 appliance, and Websense Hosted Email Security. By utilising one supplier for all its key needs has enabled the organisation to consolidate its security – reducing the total cost of ownership and administrative overheads.
Protecting with Real-time
Websense Web Security Gateway protects organisations against malicious mobile code, spyware, phishing attacks, botnets, and other threats. Incorporating the intelligence of the Websense ThreatSeeker™ Network which scans the Internet and analyses one billion pieces of content daily to proactively search for threats, Websense Web Security Gateway blocks known and new threats within minutes of discovery.
The Websense V10000 appliance streamlines deployment, management and reporting for Websense solutions. It also consolidates network infrastructure, reducing costs and providing an extensible security platform.
In addition, with a high volume of user-generated content in the Web 2.0 world, having a security solution which is able to review and classify this is imperative. In the simplest of terms, Amadori is now has the capability to analyse Web sites in real-time which allows the organisation to let in the good information while also keeping out the bad and inappropriate information.
Improving Security and Reducing Management
As part of its review, Amadori decided to implement Websense Hosted Email Security to eliminate spam and malware before it even reached the company network. The organisation had previously been spending large amounts of time trying to manage its email security.
The hosted deployment model provides centralised security with built-in redundancy, failover and business continuity while easing administration and optimising network operating and capacity planning costs. Guaranteed by industry-leading service level agreements, Websense Hosted Email Security provides the highest possible degree of protection.
In addition, utilising the Websense ThreatSeeker Network, Websense Hosted Email Security protects organisations from spam, Web 2.0 threats and the converged security threats found in more than 90% of unwanted mail.
The Websense ThreatSeeker Network uses more than 50 million real-time data collecting systems that continuously monitor Internet content – including new and dynamic content – for emerging threats. As a result, Websense is able to adapt to the rapidly changing Internet at speeds not possible by traditional security and basic email filtering solutions.
Ease of deployment
A major consideration for Amadori was an easy and straightforward transition. Taking the decision to consolidate its Web and email security with Websense enabled the planning and management of this to be very flexible.
“The deployment was simple,” says Fabbri. “Thanks to our own internal resources, the Websense team and our support partner, VEM Sistemi SpA, it was possible to ensure that the entire process was very smooth. It was of definite benefit that we were able to implement a stage at a time.”
The Results
With Websense, Amadori has seen an immediate impact across several different areas of its security.
A key focus for the organisation was being able to fully protect its users both in and outside the company network. With Websense it has been possible to provide powerful protection from phising sites, spyware and malicious code for office and remote workers.
Amadori has seen a significant reduction in the management and workload associated with its Web and email security. “Our previous solution was not powerful enough. Since we have implemented the Websense solutions we have been able to increase internal and external collaboration with the safe use of Web 2.0. The difference is that the management of these projects is now much more effective, quick and safe. The dynamic analysis and categorisation of sites is essential with Web 2.0,” said Giovanetti.
With Websense the organisation has also been able to reduce the significant email security workload the IT department was battling. “We have implemented a system which means that rather than the helpdesk needing to check emails which have been blocked, the user receives a daily report of emails quarantined. In addition, attachments can be downloaded via link which has enabled us to free up bandwidth,” says Fabbri.
Finally, Amadori is reaping the benefits of working with one supplier and consolidating its security. “We are able to control costs and plan more efficiently by using Websense solutions,” concludes Giovannetti. “By choosing Websense to provide our security solutions we have avoided the management costs and difficulties which often arise from using multiple vendors.”
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