IL&FS-UPTM and VPN

Originally, most of the IISL (Investsmart Limited — a part of IL&FS) offices
across India were connected over leased lines and used to proxy through the head
office to access the internet. This was done due to security reasons.
However,such a setup soon led to problems such as heavy traffic on the head
office and slow internet connection and mail routing. This also led to latency
in the core business applications and intranet.

Therefore, the company decided to provide broadband internet connectivity to
all the locations, so that mail routing and internet access could be used
locally. However, the prime issue of security remained. To solve this problem,
they deployed Gajshield UPTM (Unified Protection and Threat Management)
appliances across all 40 locations and used it for mail and internet access.
Additionally, this link was used as a backup for the existing leased line. For
instance, if the leased line fails, the broadband internet link is used over VPN
to connect to the head office for the core banking applications as well.

Project Specs Business problem: Provide secure internet connection to all the branch offices across India, provide a fail safe link between the branch offices and the HO IT solutions: Deployed Gajshield UPTM at all the locations over a redundant broadband connection Impact: In the same cost, the company achieved redundant connectivity for back office tasks and secure local internet to the branch offices IT Implementationpartner GajShield Infotech

Nadir Bhalwani, Head - IT, IL&FS