Bourne Leisure, a major European leisure park operator, faced challenges deploying advanced security tools to protect sensitive customer data against cyber threats.
Our SmartNA-XL™ TAPs allowed them to connect their security tools to critical network links, enhancing return on investment (ROI) and ensuring robust protection from malware.
Entertainment operators like Bourne Leisure handle vast amounts of sensitive customer data, making them prime targets for cyberattacks.
To combat this, Bourne Leisure invested in advanced security tools that use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to predict and detect traffic anomalies. However, their complex network presented significant deployment challenges for these tools, including:
The company sought a solution to integrate diverse network links, maximize tool efficiency, and protect data.
In a service business, the trust of our customers is paramount. We know that our customers are providing us with sensitive financial information every day. It is our responsibility to utilize the best technology available to protect that information from cyber criminals. Network Critical’s solution allows us to connect the best security to our network without impacting reliability or availability of our network.” - Company CISO
Knowing Network Critical to be a global leader in test access point (TAP) technology, Bourne Leisure’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) consulted with our experts. After reviewing their network topology and security tools, we recommend deploying SmartNA-XL™ intelligent TAPs.
These TAPs can aggregate traffic from a mix of copper, multi-mode fiber, and single-mode fiber links into a single access point.
Utilising SmartNA-XL™ enabled us to connect eight 1Gbps live links to one security tool – capable of processing 10Gps. This 8:1 configuration significantly reduced security tool costs, delivering 8x CAPEX savings.
This flexible and cost-effective SmartNA-XL™ TAP solution helps Bourne Leisure protect its critical links from sophisticated malware attacks.
“We chose the Network Critical equipment because of its flexibility to connect different types of live links to a space-saving 1RU system and aggregate multiple links to a single tool.” – Head of Network Architecture
Bourne Leisure secured sensitive customer data and enhanced their cybersecurity infrastructure with SmartNA-XL™ TAPs. Key benefits included:
Our solution has helped Bourne Leisure create a strong foundation for long-term cybersecurity and customer confidence.
Network Critical is an industry leader in network access technology. Our quality 1/10/25/40/100G modular TAP and Packet Broker solutions ensure that our customers have continuous network visibility. Network Critical products eliminate any concerns of downtime and our unique scale-out capabilities enable simple, cost effective expansion, as network and port density requirements grow. The health of your network is always secure with Network Critical products. Our fully flexible range of TAPs and Packet Brokers are used with IDS, IPS, network traffic monitoring tools, sniffers and many other mission critical appliances, to provide 100% network visibility with zero packet loss. With over 20 years experience, a number of industry “firsts” and a reputation for excellent customer service, Network Critical’s solutions are widely used in global networks across a wide range of sectors including Finance, Telco, Government, Energy and Healthcare.