Customer Success Story

Agfa-Gevaert NV

• Industry: Digital Printing
• Products: SecureCRT® and SecureFX®
• Summary: Agfa-Gevaert system administrators use SecureCRTfor secure remote access to critical systems on the Agfa Global Network and in the Agfa-Gevaert DMZ (demilitarized zone), and SecureFX for secure file transfer of patches, logs, and other key files.

Organization

Agfa is a well-known manufacturer and system supplier of a wide range of consumer and business imaging products and solutions. Hardware, software, and digital imaging products account for an increasing part of the company's revenue in the markets of consumer imaging, graphic systems, healthcare, and industrial imaging.

"We like that the products are highly customizable. They've got a nice GUI, lots of features. It's a good package." – Tim Groenwals, Global Security Technology Manager

Challenge

Agfa-Gevaert, Agfa corporate headquarters, needs to provide secure system administration of critical business systems. This includes providing remote shell access and file transfer to its systems on the Agfa Global Network and its DMZ.

Solution

Tim Groenwals, Global Security Technology Manager for Agfa-Gevaert Global Information and Communication Services, investigated various shell access and file transfer solutions. "We went with SecureCRT and SecureFX," said Groenwals. "They give us all the functionalities we require — and a lot more. We like that the products are highly customizable. They've got a nice GUI, lots of features. It's a good package."

Agfa-Gevaert system administrators now run SecureCRT for secure remote access to critical systems and SecureFX for secure file transfer of patches, logs, and other key files. "We're using SecureCRT for connecting to our *nix servers, (UNIX, Linux, etc.)," said Groenwals. "We're now investigating a more general use for SecureCRT and SecureFX and their integration with our corporate certificate authority for extra security."

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