McAfee, Inc. offers Mobinil total protection with the implementation of their Security Risk Management solutions

The leading enterprise Foundstone solution has integrated with numerous comprehensive solutions from McAfee, to analyse and manage security risks within Mobinil's central IT network system.

As Egypt's first GSM operator working in an extremely sophisticated IT environment with high levels of technological innovations, Mobinil's objective was to find a total comprehensive, advanced security package to help safeguard and protect their data network system.

The McAfee 'Foundstone' Security Risk Management solution helped Mobinil to address the most up-to-date security issues within the various departments. The solution has worked to Identify, Prioritise, Remediate and Fix these imperative issues. With the McAfee Security Risk Management solution in place, Mobinil's headquarters saw all their existing security issues eradicated. In addition, the sub-regional offices and Mobinil's remote offices were brought upto the desired security level needed and eliminated all respective threats.

"McAfee's Risk Management solution is essential to our current IT security. The Foundstone solution has worked with the existing McAfee security products we had in place to ensure the highest protection for our business," explains Hesham Rashed, Senior Manager IT Operations, Mobinil. "The centralized management and automation in the various modules within Foundstone were key factors to the success of the whole project. Our overall decision was based on the best ROI and TCO, in addition to outstanding support services from a highly qualified technical team," Rashed adds.

The 'Foundstone' Security Risk Management solution has worked to help Mobinil with their remediation and protection priorities. Based on systematic assessments, the company will always be upto speed with an overall risk rating as to how vulnerable or secure they are, with automated action to be back on the acceptable security level.

"We are proud to be partnered with one of the most reputable GSM service operators in the region. With the addition of our Security Risk Management solution to their existing platforms, Mobinil can easily identify and eliminate security threats, which means their infrastructure will remain protected with the most up-to-date security technology going into the future," explains Asem Galal, General Manager McAfee UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Kuwait and MEEM. "The various modules within our Foundstone solution have seen Mobinil's primary objective achieved - ensuring their network system offers the highest level of security for both the organization and their customer at all times.

Mobinil has experienced a number of key benefits post the implementation of McAfee's Foundstone solution, as it is a solution that is scalable to their requirements. The region's leading mobile service operator is now able to monitor their security reports and check where the vulnerabilities in their network occurred, hence allowing them to protect their network system at all times.