Case Study: Large European Payment Services Financial Institution achieves PCI DSS compliance and $3M savings with Ixia

Changing Compliance Mandates Drive an Urgent Need for Inline Security Solutions

The Large European Payment Services Financial Institution, a leading payment processing company handling over 30 million transactions a day, needed to achieve PCI DSS compliance and improve visibility into its network. Facing potential fines and complex inline security requirements, it turned to Ixia and its inline Security Fabric, including network packet brokers and bypass switches, to support firewall and IPS deployment.

Ixia implemented a high-availability inline security architecture using 2 Ixia Inline Network Packet Brokers, 16 iBypass Inline Copper Bypass Switches, and 22 iBypass Inline Fiber Bypass Switches. The result was approximately $3 million in savings, a 10x ROI on a $290,000 investment, and a more resilient security environment with tools connected in HA configuration, eliminating downtime risks and freeing budget for additional security investments.