Learning from the recent LaSalle Bank Fire in Downtown Chicago, First Community Bank discovered it needed a way for a large amount of workers to work remotely if a similar disaster occurred to them.
They needed to have the ability for employees to connect remotely to the bank's backup network system from any location. This could be from their home, a local library, an Internet cafe or if on vacation somewhere.
This flexibility required that the remote employees need not to install software or any other type of client access to the computer of their choice BUT the bank still need security assurance.
HTS implement the right solutions. Using Checkpoint's Express Firewall and SSL Extender the bank is able to give up to 100 remote users connections to the bank's network without deploying software to the remote computers. Each remote computer uses a standard web browser for connection. The bank's Checkpoint system scan the remote computer for security requirements before allowing them to connect. A secure session is then established without the need of local security software to be installed.
Now in the event of a site disaster employees can still access the bank backup network where ever they are at throughout the country and the world.
