Case Study: Explore St. Louis achieves greater efficiency, cost savings and proactive threat response with Check Point Software

How Explore St. Louis Gains Efficiencies and Cost Savings by Consolidating to One Cyber Security Vendor

Explore St. Louis, the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission that markets the city and operates the America’s Center Convention Complex, faced a growing security challenge: as a public agency handling PII and hosting hundreds of events and hundreds of thousands of visitors annually, its small IT team had to protect a large external production network with many potential entry points (automation systems, IoT, Wi‑Fi), making comprehensive security increasingly daunting.

To address this, Explore St. Louis consolidated to a single vendor using Check Point’s Infinity agreement and deployed Quantum Security Gateways, Smart-1 Cloud, Harmony Email & Collaboration, Harmony Endpoint, and Infinity MDR. The consolidation delivered centralized visibility, real-time detection and response, predictable OpEx, and staffing efficiencies—improving security posture, reducing costs (avoiding new hires and disparate tools), and giving the team greater confidence and faster threat response.

Explore St. Louis

Darren Ison

Director of IT