Case Study: National Investigation Bureau achieves prevention of 10,000 cyberattacks per day to protect millions of citizens and agents with Forcepoint NGFW

This National Investigation Bureau Trusts Forcepoint to Protect Millions of Citizens—and Its Own Agents

A Philippine national investigation bureau that handles high‑profile criminal cases and issues a countrywide clearance ID faced a critical data‑protection challenge: it stores sensitive personally identifiable information on millions of citizens and undercover agents across 60+ local branches, and needed end‑to‑end encryption and privacy‑act compliance to prevent breaches that could put lives at risk.

The agency selected Forcepoint NGFW and deployed 90 appliances to secure the perimeter, encrypt branch‑to‑HQ traffic via VPN, and perform deep packet inspection managed centrally with Forcepoint Security Management Center. The NGFW’s intrusion prevention now blocks roughly 10,000 attacks per day (which the bureau equates to $10,000 saved daily), gives SOC/NOC teams unified visibility for daily security adjustments, and has paved the way for expanded DLP, insider‑threat protections, and threat‑intelligence sharing.