Reading Football Club Signs Sourcefire as Its New Defender
Reading FC Deploys Sourcefire 3D System to Protect Its Networks and
Achieve PCI Compliance
WOKINGHAM, England (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) September 4, 2008 --
Open source innovator and SNORT®
creator, Sourcefire, Inc.
(Nasdaq:FIRE), a leader in Enterprise Threat Management, today announced
that Reading Football Club has recently deployed its market leading
Sourcefire 3D™ System to provide network
visibility throughout the entire organisation and ensure the company
complies to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Today, the Sourcefire 3D System monitors traffic from both internal and
external sources across Reading FC's three network segments, including
The Millennium Madejski Hotel, Royal Berkshire Conference Centre and
Reading Football Club itself. Positioned at critical points in all three
networks, the 3D System detects and blocks attacks and monitors systems
and traffic for potential risks, including spyware or malware.
Garry Hanson, IT Manager for Reading FC, comments:
“Even though Football Clubs are not large
organisations, they can be popular targets for a range of internal and
external threats. While we were already monitoring our external network,
internally we had little visibility. After thoroughly researching the
market and examining leading industry analyst recommendations, we opted
for Sourcefire. The capabilities offered by Sourcefire RUA™
(Real-time User Awareness) and Sourcefire RNA™
(Real-time Network Awareness) really sold us on the system.”
PCI DSS compliance is a key driver for Reading FC, as the organisation
accepts credit card payments via its physical locations and an ecommerce
site, used to distribute tickets, sell merchandise and handle online
bookings. PCI DSS is a program designed to protect cardholder
information, reduce fraud, and identify security issues that could lead
to the compromise of card details. Failure to comply can result in an
organisation losing its ability to process credit card payments and in
some instances face heavy fines. Under the PCI DSS code Reading FC is
required to build and maintain a secure network, protect cardholder
data, implement solid controls, regularly monitor and test networks and
maintain an information security policy.
Hanson continues:
“Sourcefire has moved us much closer to
achieving PCI compliance and more. We now have visibility that enables
us to effectively protect against threats to our systems, and the
additional network intelligence has dramatically reduced the number of
false positives we receive, so we have saved a lot of time.
I found the intuitive web based interface easy to use and the reporting,
showing me how my network evolves over time, is clear and straight
forward. The implementation also ran very smoothly. I would happily
recommend Sourcefire. It is one of the most professional companies we
have ever used and its detection and protection capabilities are second
to none.”
To protect the club's customer data and to help the organisation as it
works towards achieving PCI DSS compliance, Reading FC is using
Sourcefire RNA. RNA monitors all traffic on the network, and identifies
what part of the network is vulnerable to a potential attack enabling
Reading FC to prioritise which events it needs to attend to.
Additionally, Sourcefire RUA allows the organisation to correlate
network behaviour to specific individuals within the company to provide
the fastest possible incident resolution and internal visibility.
All network data is gathered in the Sourcefire Defence Centre, so that
when an intrusion or other risk is identified, the Sourcefire 3D System
uses the combination of data to either block the threat or sends an
instantaneous email alert. The IT department then receive relevant and
prioritised alerts that contain all of the information they need to
determine the appropriate response. With built-in context and few false
positives, these smart alerts significantly reduce the effort required
to monitor potential threats.
To save time and ensure that the implementation process ran smoothly,
Reading FC enlisted the help of Sourcefire's Professional Services Team.
The Sourcefire engineer installed and configured the 3D System in just a
few hours.
About Sourcefire
Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), Snort creator and open source innovator,
is a world leader in Enterprise
Threat Management (ETM) solutions. Sourcefire is transforming the
way Global 2000 organizations and government agencies manage and
minimize network security risks with its 3D Approach - Discover,
Determine, Defend - to securing real networks. This ETM approach equips
customers with an efficient and effective layered security defense -
protecting network assets before, during and after an attack. Through
the years, Sourcefire has been consistently recognized for its
innovation and industry leadership by customers, media and industry
analysts alike - with more than 40 awards and accolades. Today, the
names Sourcefire and founder Martin Roesch have grown synonymous with
innovation and network security intelligence. For more information about
Sourcefire, please visit http://www.sourcefire.com.
SOURCEFIRE®, SNORT®,
the Sourcefire logo, the Snort and Pig logo, SECURITY FOR THE REAL WORLD™,
SOURCEFIRE DEFENSE CENTER™, SOURCEFIRE 3D™,
RNA™, DAEMONLOGGER™,
CLAMAV™, SOURCEFIRE SOLUTIONS NETWORK™,
and certain other trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sourcefire, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service
marks of others.
About Reading Football Club
Reading Football Club compete in the Football League Championship,
having just spent two seasons in the Premier League. The Club has
developed rapidly in the ten years since their move to the new 25,000
capacity Madejski Stadium in 1998, and is regarded as one of the most
progressive and forward-thinking football clubs in the country. The
Stadium complex also houses the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre and
the 200-room Millennium Madejski Hotel.
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