tennis australia case study

Australian premier sporting organisation Tennis Australia secures critical country-wide network with Loop Technology and Palo Alto Networks.

"We now have visibility. We can see any potential attacks in real time and prevent them, and this is very refreshing to say the least. We couldn’t do that with our previous firewall so I believe we are now in the best possible position with regards to network protection.”
Steve Wood
Chief Executive Officer
Tennis Australia

Safeguarding Tennis Australia's communications network against disruption is naturally important at all times but critically so for the Australian Open which is held every January at Melbourne Park and attracts 650,000 spectators through the turnstiles and some 10 million unique visitors to the tournament’s website. As Tennis Australia CEO Steve Wood points out, “The smooth running of our network is critical to the smooth running of the Open”.

With Internet threats ever increasing in both volume and sophistication, Steve Wood commissioned the creation of an enterprise risk management program in 2009 to minimise the threat of unwelcome network intrusion. In parallel, he charged his IT team with finding the optimal tool to replace his existing firewall. In his words, “Find me the best network security solution the marketplace has to offer and we’ll buy it”.

To read more about how Loop Technology together with security vendor Palo Alto Networks assisted Tennis Australia in securing their network download the full case study here.