Case Study: West Australian Newspapers Group achieves PCI compliance and simplified, reliable network security with Check Point Software

West Australian Newspapers Group - Customer Case Study

West Australian Newspapers Group, the leading media company in Western Australia, faced a deadline-driven environment with a large advertising sales call center and a small IT team. Their priorities were strict PCI and internal-compliance, zero downtime, maximum data protection and preservation, and centralized event correlation and management across a complex, multi-tiered network.

Check Point’s Software Blade Architecture—deployed as Security Gateways (Firewall, IPS, IPsec VPN), UTM-1 Edge appliances and a Smart-1 SmartEvent 25—provided centralized, intuitive management and multi-gigabit intrusion protection. The solution met PCI and internal requirements, reduced false positives, shaved more than an hour off daily maintenance, freed IT resources for higher-value work, and delivered reliable, extensible protection for future needs.

West Australian Newspapers Group

Chris Brain

Team Leader, Converged Networks