SWIFT, the financial messaging industry-owned cooperative, has selected and deployed NetScreen’s purpose-built, integrated firewall and VPN solutions in its global IP network. To date, SWIFT has deployed more than 3,300 NetScreen devices and the security deployment has been running successfully at 100% capacity since June 2003. SWIFT plans to deploy more than 10,000 NetScreen appliances by the time the migration is completed — currently planned by the end of 2004 — which is expected to represent one of the world’s largest VPN deployments. Specifically, SWIFT is deploying NetScreen VPN concentrator systems, as well as NetScreen-5XT appliances. Financial terms were not disclosed.
SWIFTNet is based on four separate IP networks leveraging four different network partners’ solutions to ensure resiliency and availability at all times. NetScreen provides firewall protection and VPN functionality straddling all four networks and the Backbone Access Points (BAPs), ensuring a high level of security and network performance. N etScreen-5XT appliances are deployed at each SWIFT users’ network connection to establish secure VPN connections into the SWIFT networks. The NetScreen-5XT appliances are pre-configured by SWIFT to ensure that each member’s VPN operates using highly secure, unique security codeshttp://www.netscreen.com
