Bangalore Safe City Data Center Network and Security Implementation

Client Overview

The Bangalore Safe City project, an initiative to enhance the safety and security of the city's residents, required a robust, scalable, and secure IT infrastructure. This project included the design and implementation of a highly reliable data center (DC) and disaster recovery (DR) network infrastructure with state-of-the-art security mechanisms. The focus was to establish seamless connectivity between the data centres while ensuring advanced threat detection, secure workloads, and continuous network monitoring.

Challenge

The Bangalore Safe City initiative required the integration of a complex network and security architecture, capable of handling large volumes of data, ensuring real-time threat prevention, and delivering uninterrupted connectivity between the DC and DR sites. The client needed:

• Advanced threat detection and response solutions to safeguard sensitive information and public safety systems.
• Seamless and secure interconnectivity between data centers (DC) and disaster recovery (DR) sites.
• A scalable infrastructure capable of supporting future expansion without compromising performance.
• Centralized management for both networking and security components, reducing operational complexity.

Solution

We deployed a comprehensive, end-to-end solution utilizing Cisco’s cutting-edge technology portfolio to meet the client's network and security needs.

Results

The deployment of Cisco’s integrated network and security solutions enabled Bangalore Safe City to achieve:

• Enhanced Threat Detection and Response: With Cisco Firepower and Threat Grid, the data center is now equipped to detect and mitigate cyber threats in real-time, securing critical city operations.
• Comprehensive Workload Protection: Cisco Tetration ensures secure workloads with deep visibility into application behavior and automated policy enforcement, securing both cloud and on-premise environments.
• Seamless Interconnectivity: The implementation of ASR routers and ACI fabric enabled resilient, high-speed connectivity between the primary and disaster recovery data centers, ensuring business continuity during any outages.
• Scalability for Future Growth: Cisco ACI provides a flexible and scalable architecture that can easily accommodate future expansions without requiring major network overhauls.
• Centralized Managemen: The unified management capabilities of ACI simplified network operations, allowing for automated network provisioning, policy enforcement, and monitoring.

Conclusion

Our deployment for the Bangalore Safe City project successfully delivered a secure, scalable, and high-performance network infrastructure. By leveraging Cisco’s advanced portfolio, we ensured the city’s critical operations remain secure, resilient, and capable of future growth. This implementation has positioned Bangalore as a leader in urban safety and security, equipped with state-of-the-art technology to meet the demands of a modern city.