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organisations to revert back to its normal
operations as soon as possible.
Cybersecurity in action
One example of how cybersecurity solutions
are being used to improve the operations of
a business while allowing them to include
value-added services, can be seen in financial
group Nexi’s Wi-Fi network. Nexi is a provider
of digital payment services and infrastructures
for banks, enterprises, institutions and
public administration. Nexi needed more
flexible access to its networks within its main
buildings, while keeping the high level of
security required by its company policy.
It turned to Italtel, which installed more
than 200 Cisco access points to empower
quality Wi-Fi coverage over all floors
of Nexi’s buildings across six locations,
including Rome, Anzola in Emilia, Cividale
del Friuli and three buildings in Milan. Italtel
also deployed the innovative Cisco MSE
(ISE) solution to enable secure access to
the Wi-Fi network. This deployment made
it possible for Nexi’s employees to log in
securely with an authentication procedure
and geolocation within the building, while
providing configuration settings of the Cisco
MSE (ISE) solution.
supports the customer in managing the
process of correcting the vulnerabilities. addressing the future requirements of next-
generation security.
This efficiency can also enable penetration
tests (also known as ethical hacking)
against an organisation’s web and mobile
applications, and network infrastructure
to test their resilience when an attempt is
made to exploit critical systems and gain
access to sensitive data. The results of these
performance tests can then be used to
assess network security to prepare customer
security infrastructure readiness and to
strengthen the protection and resilience in
protecting customers’ businesses. However, all these efforts are wasted if
these security services are not continuously
maintained to foresee attacks. This is where
a partner can provide comprehensive
protection through a dedicated
cybersecurity centre, allowing networks to
be continuously monitored and maintained
to examine event correlation and analysis,
antivirus and filtering management,
security access and device management
and threat analysis.
Choosing a partner – such as Italtel –
who can also address how these security
solutions are integrated into the network is
a great advantage in providing end-to-end
protection. By enabling access to security
analytics, DDoS protection testing, email,
web and VPN security, an approach such as
this can provide immediate resolution while
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Deep cyber intelligence can then be
applied to analyse threats to measure the
scale of the suspected attack, providing
early warnings to organisations that an
attack may be imminent. If an attack
is inevitable, a service such as this can
enhance incident management, providing
fast and effective incident response,
including reporting and resolution, to allow
Thanks to the efficient implementation of
these solutions, Nexi’s Wi-Fi network was
operational in less than two months, providing
secure access for all its employees across its
offices. Nexi’s security intelligence operations
are now maintained through Italtel’s certified
cybersecurity operation centre, located in Italy.
Fighting cybercrime
This sort of approach is essential if
telecoms want to thrive and enhance
the operations of organisations through
new technologies, as opposed to further
complicating their operations. They
must begin to put cybersecurity at the
forefront of their strategies. If an end-to-
end approach is taken from the outset of
cybersecurity deployment, vulnerabilities
in the network can be detected to ensure
threats don’t amount to attacks. Thus,
organisations are provided with the
resources to avoid disruption of their
services, while avoiding financial and
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