Case Study: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP) achieves compliance, full information security visibility and cost savings with Forcepoint NGFW

Instituto FederaI de Educacao - Customer Case Study

The Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP) is a federal, tuition‑free education institution serving multiple campuses in São Paulo. Faced with injection‑type attacks, system interruptions, lack of monitoring, staffing churn caused by an inadequate open‑source firewall, and tight budget/TCO constraints, IFSP needed a compliant, reliable next‑generation firewall that wouldn’t require costly licensing or hamper staff productivity.

IFSP chose and deployed Forcepoint NGFW with integrator Active Solutions; the platform’s application control, IPS, evasion detection and exfiltration protection were delivered in a single, easy‑to‑manage solution. In a 30‑day assisted run IFSP recorded 90% resolution for mild/medium incidents and 100% for severe incidents, gained full security visibility and centralized policy management across campuses, trained 30 technicians, and realized cost and quality improvements (better QoS, reduced telephony and travel expenses).

Instituto FederaI de Educacao

Diego Cesar Valente e Silva

Director of Infrastructure and Network Division