Case Study: Bridgestone Firestone Credit Division achieves regulatory compliance and eliminates rogue network access with Bradford Networks' Network Sentry

Bradford Networks’ Network Sentry Helps Bridgestone Firestone’s Credit Division Ensure Compliance

Credit First National Association (CFNA), the credit-card arm of Bridgestone Retail Operations, needed to secure access to sensitive customer and employee data while keeping network access simple for staff and dealers. After their legacy NAC failed an internal penetration test—allowing an auditor network access in under ten minutes—CFNA sought a new solution to prevent rogue devices, increase visibility, enforce flexible policies, and provide an easy, largely invisible remediation process.

CFNA deployed Bradford Networks’ Network Sentry in days, which authenticates users, blocks and pinpoints unauthorized devices at the switch-port level, and automates remediation. The result: all rogue connections eliminated, continuous compliance with OCC and anti-malware requirements, a 75% drop in help-desk calls, and a reduction in network administration time from up to two hours daily to less than two hours weekly—restoring confidence in their network security.

BridgeStone

Timothy Lynch Childress

Manager of CFNA Network Services, Bridgestone Firestone