Pulse Secure has revealed that the Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) has improved the efficiency of its IT operations and significantly strengthened its security posture using Pulse Secure software and appliances.
Most of the projects handled by TDIC are collaborative efforts that include many international partners and the IT department had previously struggled with ensuring secure access to both its network and shared resources for TDIC employees and teams from partner organisations.
“We normally have between 800 to 1000 TDIC staff on our network but during major projects we may need to provide IT resources and support for hundreds of additional users such as contractors, architects, project managers and other individuals from our partner community,” explained Muhammad Asad Khalil, Senior Network and Security Engineer for TDIC.
TDIC has successfully used Pulse Connect Secure appliances and software for its SSL VPN access but wanted to take a deeper look at all the available options. “We looked at the market and there were a number of point solutions that addressed some of our requirements,” said Khalil. “However, in our evaluation, it was only Pulse Secure that had a fully integrated solution for both SSL and NAC that offered us the flexibility to design policies and processes that met all of our needs while providing us with a single management console to reduce many of the complex management requirements.”
Commenting on the project, Abdul Rehman Tariq, MEA Regional Manager for Pulse Secure said, “The project at TDIC shows how regulatory requirements can be a perfect catalyst for seizing the initiative with transformative approaches to network security that can also provide a major boost to productivity and operational efficiency.”
