Case Study: Security Implementation for a Convenience Store Retailer The Story Security Challenges and Analysis The Case The Clone Solution The Results
The Story About the Retailer A premier convenience store chain in the New Jersey / New York area with hundreds of standalone retail and gas stations needed to evaluate how it secured its network. Quick Facts - 3500 team members - 130 stores from New Jersey to New York - Numerous services including - Fresh coffee and food delivered daily - No-Fee ATMs - Money orders - Lottery - Gasoline - Pharmacy - Cash and gift cards
Security Challenge Analysis External Security and Protection - Their internal security team was spending 90% of their time on maintenance. - They wanted their security team to focus more on projects critical to the business. - They wanted an external security team that could detect threats, analyze them, and protect against future threats. High Availability - Needed backup in case their system crashed. - Wanted a failsafe to ensure they never lost important and sensitive data. - Needed a reporting system to analyze what went wrong if their system did crash due to an external attack. Data Center and Store Protection - Needed perimeter protection to ensure each store could protect their own network from hackers. - Wanted data center protection to ensure all the logs and other information flowing through their network were secure. Compliance - Needed a solution that ensured they maintained their PCI compliance. - Required to provide the necessary reports and analyses to prove PCI compliance. - Lacked a team of security specialists monitoring their data 24/7 to ensure compliance and protection.
Clone Security Solution Clone Guard Cloud - Private Cloud Data Center: Insulates all of their data operations into Clone s facilities. Certified security specialists monitor their cloud 24/7 to ensure it is secure and up-todate. - Cloud Security Service: This service meets CSA standards to ensure their security complies with industry security standards. - High Availability Cloud: Should their network infrastructure fail, Clone s high availability cloud will ensure they still have access to their files, applications, and critical data, so that their daily business is not interrupted. - Disaster Recovery Cloud: Creates a virtual snapshot of their system, applications, and files so they can access them even after a network disaster.
Clone Security Solution Clone Security Specialists and NOC - Utilizes data across all clients to enhance security, collect more data on threats, and eliminate them faster than internal security teams can. - Gathers data from a variety of sources including vulnerabilities, assets, geographical IPs, malicious hosts, and users. This data ensures Clone can detect more threats and eliminate false positives. - Reduces operational costs for customers. - Allows customers to focus on critical IT projects instead of systematic maintenance. PCI Certified Service Provider Ensures the retailer always meets PCI standards by: - Securing their network - Protecting credit card data used on premises - Maintaining their vulnerability management program - Controlling who has access to their network and other applications - Monitoring and testing all networks - Monitoring and securing their information in a secure portal
Clone Security Solution Clone Guard OneView - Monitors all security threats and attacks - Creates logs for those events - Protects against all attacks and threats - Generates aggregate security reports that provide analysis and conclusions on threats and attacks - Initiates on-demand actions like PCI and vulnerability scans and penetration tests
Results Enabled retailer to outsource 90% of its rote tasks to Clone Systems. Allowed retailer s internal security team to spend 95% of its time on projects critical to company. Saved retailer $1 million per year by: Utilizing Clone Systems data center. Using a cost-focused bundling plan for their solutions. Preventing over 1 billion threats from turning into costly attacks.
Summary When a convenience store needed a security system to protect the large amounts of customer data they process a day, they partnered with Clone Systems. Clone guaranteed that the customer s security would always - Be in compliance with PCI standards - Have backup and access to all their information if their internal network failed - Have a central portal where they could access all their information - Have Clone s 24/7 security team monitoring their systems and ensuring their safety