COUNTRY FOCUS: TURKEY
Pegasus was in need of a solution
that would provide enterprise-grade
security in the cloud, rather than onpremises.
Forcepoint’s solution has
enabled the aviation provider to have
greater visibility over user activity,
enabling it to apply cloud security
correlated to individual employee
needs depending on how they operate.
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Secure solution allows
Pegasus to soar in the cloud
Founded on the idea that everyone
has the right to fly, Pegasus Airlines
launched its scheduled services in
2005 and in a little more than a decade has
become Turkey’s leading low-cost airline and
one of the region’s front-runners.
Today, Pegasus Airlines flies to a growing
network of 108 destinations, including 38
cities in Turkey and 70 cities in 41 countries
across Europe, Russia and the Caucasus, the
Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
Pegasus offers its guests competitively priced,
comfortable and punctual point-to-point
and transit flights operated with the newest
aircraft under the auspices of its low-cost
model. In 2012, Pegasus made Turkish civil
aviation history with its order of 100 new
Airbus aircraft (approximately US$12 billion),
the largest ever at the time.
Challenges
Like other major airliners, Pegasus Airlines
receives and stores a vast amount of
customer data. In addition, the company
supports workforce productivity by allowing
its employees to work from anywhere using
personal devices to access email and browse
the web. This enablement created the
following challenges:
Protecting mobile workers: Pegasus Airlines
previously protected data using on-premises
web and email security products.
Since permitting employees to work outside
the office, security teams had identified
an increased amount of malware from
malicious applications.
Maintaining regulatory compliance:
Pegasus Airlines collects and stores
the personal data of citizens inside
the European Union and is therefore
responsible for upholding the mandates
of the General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR). The GDPR has strict penalties for
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