Finisar Corporation
Finisar is one of the driving forces behind the world's access to data communications. The company's fiber optic components and subsystems, as well as network test and monitoring systems, are the underlying technologies for high-speed data communications for networking and storage applications over LANs, SANs, and MANs. Finisar provides products and services for data networking and storage equipment manufacturers, and counts among its blue-chip client portfolio many of the most recognized corporate names in the world.  And as a company that has made its name as one of the leaders in products that support Internet and data communications, like most businesses today Finisar is no stranger to the dark side of enterprise Internet usage.  This case study discusses how iPolicy Networks' next-generation network security solution eliminates the spyware plaguing this multinational firm's 2000 distributed desktops across the globe.

Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
The State of Utah is one of 18 states that take a proactive stance on promoting moderate, rather than excessive, use of alcohol. To achieve this, Utah’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (UDABC) is largely responsible for all licensing, distribution, and sales of alcoholic beverages. Today, the UDABC runs 37 State Liquor Stores and Package Agencies throughout the state. As with any retail operation, customers often pay for their purchases with credit cards. The UDABC takes the responsibility of protecting its customers’ financial information as seriously as it does maintaining the sensible use of alcohol. Rather than rely solely on the firewall that all Utah state agency networks reside behind, UDABC wanted to install an extra measure to protect private customer data: a solid perimeter of security surrounding the UDABC network. After installing the iPolicy Intrusion Prevention Firewall, UDABC is confident that customer data is protected from hackers and viruses, and that the network is safe from attacks as they progress through the CISP/PCI compliancy process.

Nederland Independent School District
For school districts and universities, a common issue plaguing them has been insider threats. The Internet has become a one-stop shop for free exploits and attack software. Armed with these free tools, students often indulge in testing them out on campus networks – and in some cases launching external attacks as well. In early 2004, the Nederland Independent School District, with around 5000 students spread across 8 campuses, was facing a similar challenge – and it soon escalated into a critical internal security breach. This case study discusses how Nederland deployed iPolicy’s Intrusion Prevention Firewall appliance to complement their perimeter security measures with a strong internal security shield to give protection from both internal and external threats.

John Brown University
John Brown University, located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, was founded in 1919 as a vocational school and since then has grown into a fully accredited Christian University serving more than 1900 students with a state-of-the-art networking infrastructure. The Blaster and Nachi worms in 2003 proved to be a rude awakening for them as administrators had a difficult time patching individual student machines. While they purchased an access control solution, they also started a parallel process to evaluate solutions which would provide them protection from future threats. This case study discusses their decision-making processes as they narrowed down to select the iPolicy appliance, and how the integrated security architecture of the iPolicy appliance provides a strong foundation to deal with the future attacks.

Consumers Professional Credit Union
Financial institutions are a prime target for most attackers. These institutions are repositories for bulk confidential information and are also actively involved in online business. For more than 50 years, Consumers Professional Credit Union, based in Lansing Michigan, has been the institution of choice for local businesses, schools and individuals. CPCU had deployed a number of point-security measures, but quickly realized that the loose integration of these components was significantly affecting their business. The point solutions failed to deal with emerging threats and further, were single points of failure. The credit union deployed iPolicy integrated network security appliances in a high-availability configuration to eliminate downtime. The iPolicy appliances provide them with comprehensive security through strongly coupled firewall and intrusion detection/protection functions.

Carrier A Case Study
This case study illustrates how a major US carrier increased revenue per leased line by a factor of three to six by deploying the iPolicy Networks solution to offer managed security services in addition to connectivity and bandwidth.

Sprint Case Study
This case study documents how Sprint, who deployed a network-based managed URL Screening service along with iPolicy’s L3-7 stateful inspection firewall, was able to recover its entire investment in iPolicy Networks’ security solution with a single large enterprise customer who needed security at 2000 locations.