Success story
CCM Partners with deda tech to Advance Cybersecurity.
Once again, CCM has chosen deda tech to tackle a sensitive issue.
With nearly 50 years of history, CCM Coop Cartai Modenese is a leading manufacturer of packaging throughout Italy. The company specializes in solutions made from paper and other recyclable and compostable materials, with an approach focused on integrating products with consulting services to offer customers a personalized and comprehensive service.
CCM’s priorities are innovation and sustainability, thanks in part to its intensive R&D efforts. Every day at CCM, different materials are tested to identify the most promising paths toward solutions that are useful to the market and aligned with the increasingly specific needs of its customers.
Turnover
43 mln
Employees
130
Establishments
19.645 m2
Evolution
Initiation of Managed Services for infrastructure management.
Purchase of Cloud@Home infrastructure by re-trusting us to manage it.
Subscribed to the first Firewall as a Service.
Starting Networking project with renewal of Firewall as a Service solution.
SCENARIO
The ability to understand the client's need, adapting its services to the context and offering a 360-degree managed service.The production of food packaging requires comprehensive control over the manufacturing process, from raw materials to the finished product: quality is the cornerstone that defines the entire process. This is why CCM prioritizes technological innovation and research, investing daily in the renewal of production lines to support imposing workloads and ensure a quality product that accompanies our food.
CCM’s critical eye and focus on market trends have heightened the company’s awareness of a phenomenon that now affects all sectors, even those seemingly far removed from this field: cybersecurity.
Today, companies are facing:
- The ever-changing methodologies and dynamics of threats;
- Vulnerability and deployment, increasingly involving application and service architectures;
- Workforce mobility requiring the opening of enterprise information systems beyond traditional domains.
This has led to a growing need for a service that provides effective analytical tools and specific expertise in this area. CCM has therefore responded to a clear market signal by preparing to develop an effective defense system that combines the best technologies and technical expertise available on the market.
Proposal and solution
The cornerstone of deda tech’s proposal was the as a Service model.
The cornerstone of deda tech’s proposal was the as a Service model. For several years, CCM has chosen managed services not only for the economic benefit it derives from them but also for theefficiency of outsourced management that brings benefits and stability to the company. In addition, the solid and wide availability of technicians with after-sales and help desk support is crucial for medium-sized Italian companies like CCM, where the naturally limited resources of the IT department can rely on specialists on all required areas. After defining the needs, analyzing the feasibility of the solution, and sharing it with the customer at all stages of execution, deda tech implemented the Firewall as a Service solution. The service includes the provision and management of security systems, using state-of-the-art technologies considered leaders in the information security market.
Specifically, this service allows the customer to obtain the provision of the hardware and software in the form of rental, maintenance, constant control, proactive monitoring, management and support by the deda tech Security Team. The customer benefits from ongoing support for the maintenance activities of the perimeter security infrastructure, but maintains autonomy for all policy configuration activities and analysis of events (logs) detected by the firewall. Policy creation is monitored to ensure expert intervention in case of incorrect activity to maintain corporate security. Important has been the challenge of carrying out these modification and evolution activities without causing disruption to the business.
deda tech was able to develop the solution on time with a phased approach, starting with smaller branches with limited and manageable problems and then developing it in more structured branches. The execution took place without any interruption or discernible impact from the company, even taking care of integration with systems outside deda tech’s responsibility. Two were the winning elements:
- deda tech’s deep technological knowledge, evidenced by long experience in the IT world and strong corporate strength;
- The use of the as a Service model, with all its associated benefits.
The real challenge today isn’t so much preventing attacks, but managing to contain them as much as possible—and that requires expertise. That’s why I believe it’s not enough to talk about technology; we need to talk about people, because people make the difference!
This is the key to Deda Tech.
ICT Manager - CCM
Achievements
The protection achieved by CCM has enabled the company to supplement the availability of resources and expertise in its IT department.The protection provided by CCM has enabled the company to fully utilize the resources and expertise of its IT department, which is supported by experienced and competent staff focused on more complex issues.
Round-the-clock support increases enterprise security without diverting IT staff from the company’s primary business activities and requiring considerable investment in technology management and maintenance. In addition, it frees IT staff from all the recurring tasks required to ensure the security system operates properly: backing up policies, applying patches, hotfixes, and major release updates.
CCM has achieved its goals:
- Fully protect the enterprise network infrastructure;
- Use state-of-the-art technologies with ease of use;
- Ensure their IT department: support, management and control of systems 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
The company immediately began to see the benefits of this ongoing partnership with deda tech. When the pandemic struck, CCM was able to transition its employees from the office to working directly from home, without any disruption or loss of security. The connected yet independent locations ensured business continuity and continue to do so during extraordinary business operations.
Although corporate security can never be considered an unassailable certainty, CCM has identified deda tech as the ideal partner to help protect itself.
This is an important decision for companies, because it is often difficult to outsource the management of their infrastructure. CCM, however, has recognized deda tech’s expertise in its projects, valuing the company’s careful selection of the services it offers, which ensures that clients are served by certified, expert professionals who are knowledgeable in the field. This allows the company to maintain continuity not only in its business operations but also in its support services—which are essential for CCM, a company that works alongside the food industry and operates 365 days a year.
With CCM, the goal for the future is to continue evolving and improving our defense and prevention measures, supporting the company in its ambitious Cloud and Cyber strategy.
