Case Study: Shari's Restaurants strengthens network security and PCI compliance with WatchGuard

Shari's Restaurants secures 98 sites with WatchGuard

Shari's Restaurants, a large full-service restaurant chain in the Pacific Northwest, faced evolving IT security challenges including sophisticated threats, BYOD policies, and the need for secure guest Wi-Fi. They required a solution that provided strong security without impeding business processes and that could assist with compliance mandates like PCI DSS. The company chose to implement unified threat management solutions from WatchGuard.

WatchGuard deployed its XTM platform, including high availability pairs at headquarters and XTM 26W devices at each restaurant. The solution provided multi-layered security services such as application control, URL filtering, and anti-virus, along with segmented guest Wi-Fi support. This gave Shari's best-of-breed protection, simplified centralized management, and provided valuable tools for PCI DSS compliance and reporting. The network administrator reported being very happy with the investment, citing tremendous performance and easy management.

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