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Pasporte Selects ConSentry’s Intelligent Switch Platform For All

March 2008 by Marc Jacob

ConSentry Networks announced that Pasporte, the UK’s leading provider of managed ICT outsourcing to the
mid-market, is deploying the LANShield(tm) Switch platform for all
customers. ConSentry’s Intelligent Switch will provide user, file and
application control along with granular network visibility for
Pasporte’s managed customers in each of the company’s three datacentres.

Pasporte operated a traditional network within its datacentres based on
Cisco access switches, but proactively sought to upgrade these products
to provide additional levels of control and visibility. After reviewing
enterprise switches from ConSentry, Cisco and Juniper, Pasporte selected the LANShield CS-4048 for its ability to immediately give control and visibility of their network whilst being deployed in the same way as a
traditional edge switch. Pasporte will replace their existing Cisco
access switches with the ConSentry CS-4048 48 port Gigabit switch.

"As part of our strategy to continually improve the service offering to
our customers, we presented ourselves with a challenge to source an
intelligent switch that would be more operationally and technically
effective than our existing Cisco devices. The ConSentry Switches offer
in depth visibility of user access, application activity and traffic
flows," said Steve Bedford, senior solutions architect at Pasporte.
"Other vendors have a piecemeal approach with multiple add-ons and
layers that increase operational expense with little extra benefit. Once
we evaluated ConSentry’s single platform, it was an easy decision to
deploy their product. Theirs is a simple solution with a level of
functionality that the competition can’t touch."

ConSentry’s Intelligent Switch delivers a complete understanding of the
user, what applications they have access to and their file and Internet
activity. This tied with the LANShield’s transparent role based access
control capability means that Pasporte can take complete control of
their LAN. The LANShield Switch authenticates users and devices against
standard identity stores and automatically learns their roles. For each
traffic flow, it identifies the application in use and applies policies
based on that user’s role.

This level of granularity ensures Pasporte are fully aware of all
activity on the customer network and can manage that activity to an
individual user level. The integration of user, role and application
control in addition to standard switching functionality in a single
platform improves efficiency, reduces OpEx and demonstrates a clear
differentiated service offering for Pasporte.

"The majority of our customers have a dynamic and diverse workforce.
Some of them, JD Sports and Orient Express Hotels for example, need to
address the important issue of PCI compliance. They must have the
ability to know exactly what is happening on their LAN," continued Steve
Bedford. "The ConSentry Intelligent Switch understands users and their
roles within the organisation and addresses these challenges by ensuring
only certain users can reach the applications and servers involved in
credit card transactions. Furthermore, historical reporting allows us to
create audit trails for all of this activity."

Every new client of Pasporte will be provisioned a ConSentry enabled
LAN. In addition, as each client contract is renewed, Pasporte will
replace the existing Cisco switches with the ConSentry LANShield
platform. To confirm their commitment to total LAN security, Pasporte is
also deploying ConSentry LANShield Switches on its own network,
utilising role-based LAN segmentation to ensure only approved
individuals have access to specific customer information and resources.

Steve Bedford concluded, "Other switch vendors’ access control solutions
use bolt on technologies that create additional overheads and technical
headaches. ConSentry’s Intelligent Switch simplifies the complexities of
LAN management and as a result, our ongoing costs related to
troubleshooting, network management, security and reporting are all
significantly reduced."

"Pasporte is a leader in the outsourced ICT industry and wanted to
continue their track record of innovative offerings to their customers,"
said Dean Hickman-Smith, vice president of worldwide sales at ConSentry.

"The deployment of Intelligent Switching has provided new functionality,
visibility and control that has undoubtedly enhanced its competitive
advantage, and all for the price of traditional layer 2 edge switches."


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