FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES IMPROVES SECURITY

FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES (INDIA) LIMITED IS AMONG THE GLOBAL LEADERS IN OFFERING TECHNOLOGY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DOMAIN EXPERTIZE. Formed in 1988, Financial Technologies is the pioneer in introducing an end-to-end

STP solution that supports high-density transactions. Its solutions cater to the equity,

forex, commodity and derivatives markets, covering all stages of a Trade Lifecycle –

Pre-Trade, Trade and Post-Trade – to deliver single-point transaction fulfilment.

ChallengeFinancial Technologies has a distributed network that spreads across many locations

in India; some of them are located in remote areas that do not have any IT staff. The

IT Security Service team is always concerned with the threat of network disruption

caused by malware.

Unmanaged and non-compliant systems such as home computers, smartphones

and laptops among its employees and partners further exposed Financial

Technologies to a gamut of cyber threats - malware, viruses, Trojans and spam.

Prior to 2006, the incapability of the previously deployed anti-virus solution to

contain virus outbreaks such as SQL Slammer and Sasser Virus had, on occasion,

crippled Financial Technologies’ IT infrastructure.

Finance• India, Mumbai

• Using Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business – Select and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business – Advanced

SECURE Effective security

protection

CONTROL Easier centralized

security management

PERFORMANCE Productivity improved

No down time

“ Kaspersky Lab has significantly and demonstrably

secured us from cyber threats and with newer

enterprise offerings they continue to protect us.”

Mr. Neehar Pathare, Vice President, Information Technology Division Financial Technologies

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The Kaspersky Lab solutionFinancial Technologies had to source an alternative anti-virus solution to protect

its valuable IT assets such as source codes and other sensitive information.

Aware of the soaring operational cost and revenue loss due to malware,

Financial Technologies sought an integrated security solution that could

provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art anti-malware technology with

centralized management capability and a lower cost of implementation.

Kaspersky Lab was introduced through the recommendation of the company’s

IT partner, Communication Links.

During the ‘Proof of Concept’, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business Select

and Advanced proved their mettle, detecting and removing all types of virus,

malware and Trojans, which were not detected by the previous security solution.

Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business demonstrated all the key parameters

and advantages, impressing Financial Technologies.

Kaspersky Lab’s performance stood out among the other anti-malware

solutions that were demonstrated convincing Financial Technologies

to trade up to Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business to protect its network

of 2,600 nodes comprising of Microsoft Windows 2003, domain controller,

Exchange, SharePoint 2003, MS-SQL, MS Visual studio, Microsoft Windows XP

desktops and laptops.

“We were one of the early customers of Kaspersky Lab, we started with

Kaspersky Business Space Security in 2006 and moved to deploy Kaspersky

Endpoint Security for Business recently. Kaspersky Lab has been up to the

challenge of safeguarding our network against numerous zero day attacks.

Compared to the former anti-virus solution, Kaspersky Lab has significantly and

demonstrably secured us from cyber threats and with newer enterprise offerings

they continue to protect us,” said Mr Neehar Pathare, Vice President, Information

Technology Division, Financial Technologies.

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Results and Benefits

The whole implementation across 2,600 nodes was completed in less

than a month.

Although the initial cost for switching from the prior vendor to Kaspersky Lab

was high, the long term savings were substantial as manual intervention was

completely eliminated.

Productivity has increased, as there is no downtime for the end user during

malware detection and removal as these processes are done in the background

without affecting their work.

Additionally, Kaspersky Lab has protected the company from various virus

outbreaks with its real-time protection with instant updates.

The management console allows Financial Technologies to view status, perform

routine tasks like configuration, installation, deployment of Kaspersky client and

updates to all servers and desktop systems remotely.

“Financial Technologies has always been a front-runner in technology evaluation

and adoption. Although Kaspersky Lab was not present in India, the technology

provided by them in the year 2006 was way ahead of its time. A quick POC

ensured that our wish list was converted to a must list by Kaspersky Lab,” said

Mr Pathare, who continues to be a satisfied customer of Kaspersky Lab security

solutions for nearly a decade.

Policies and Tasks of Kaspersky Lab for Windows Workstations and Servers on all

the machines are managed by a Master Kaspersky Administration Kit located at

the Financial Technologies head office. Reports on virus activity, network attacks,

and infected computers are constantly sent to the Administration Server for

auditing. Financial Technologies also uses email alerts to notify the detection of

any new viruses. Financial Technologies’ network has been well-secured since

trading up to Kaspersky Lab.

2,600Workstations

400Servers

Mr. Neehar Pathare, Vice President, Information Technology Division Financial Technologies