Case Study: Aosta Valley Region achieves optimized bandwidth and increased staff productivity with Forcepoint Web Security

Aosta Valley Region - Customer Case Study

Aosta Valley Region, Italy — a small public region serving about 130,000 residents with roughly 2,000 users in its regional administration — needed to balance strong web security with employee productivity. The rise of social networks, e-commerce and ubiquitous internet access made it critical to manage and regulate web access by content and source while adopting a human‑centric security approach that wouldn’t disrupt day‑to‑day work.

After a successful proof of concept, the region deployed Forcepoint Web Security, with IT, legal and management defining standard user profiles and job‑based exceptions and creating an administrative group to coordinate social media use. Granular controls and SSL inspection let them optimize existing bandwidth (avoiding new purchases), increase staff productivity, individualize web policies, and set the stage for future expansion into data loss prevention.