Emirates Group enhances security with TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention Systems

The company is deploying an array of TippingPoint™ IPS devices to proactively protect its enterprise network against spyware, worms, Denial of Service floods and other Internet threats. As one of the world's fastest-growing airlines, flying to 75 destinations in the Middle East and beyond, Emirates Airline uses the IPS solution to safeguard its extensive Internet usage, including communications with airports, its pilots and flight crews.

"Aviation security is too critical to rely only on traditional security solutions such as firewalls and anti-virus software,"

said Laserian M. Kelly, manager, information security for the Emirates Group. "Our industry demands extremely robust precautions to stop hackers and other threats from impacting systems that support services and scheduling. We chose the TippingPoint IPS because it delivers the most comprehensive and preemptive security available without compromising networking performance."

The TippingPoint IPS prevents a wide range of threats from entering the Emirates Group's networking infrastructure, which, in addition to Emirates Airline, includes a destination management and leisure division, and aviation services providers. TippingPoint systems inspect all incoming traffic, permitting only legitimate traffic to enter. Additional TippingPoint devices situated within the network prevent threats at the network core. The IPS is updated regularly with the market-leading TippingPoint Digital Vaccine® real-time inoculation service, which delivers filters and vulnerability protection that preemptively block even the newest threats.

"On the morning when a new Microsoft vulnerability was recently announced, we received a Digital Vaccine security filter that effectively protected our network against subsequent exploits," said Kelly. "It is better to apply security proactively rather than reactively, and TippingPoint IPS ensures that we're protected against the latest threats."