Case study: New South Wales local government

Albury City and Wingecarribee Shire Councils are administrative bodies in regional New South Wales, Australia. With more than 80,000 inhabitants between them, protecting internally-held information is of the utmost importance to both organizations. Each turned to Sophos Anti-Virus (a component of Endpoint Security and Control) and PureMessage (a component of Email Security and Control) for protection against malicious email attacks.

"Everything about Sophos is straightforward and while the service is excellent, you hardly ever need it. Sophos certainly gives us something of a feeling of invulnerability."
Jim Jefferies, Applications Support Officer, Albury City Council

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Fact file

	Wingecarribee Shire Council	Albury City Council
Sector	Government	Education
Location	New South Wales, Australia	New South Wales, Australia
Environment	300 desktops running Windows NT/98/XP Pro/2000 Pro, with 17 servers running Windows NT4.0/2000	12 Windows 2003 servers and 250 desktops running Windows XP Pro/2000
Solution	Sophos Anti-Virus (a component of Endpoint Security and Control) PureMessage (a component of Email Security and Control)	Sophos Anti-Virus (a component of Endpoint Security and Control) PureMessage (a component of Email Security and Control)

Business challenge

• Wingecarribee Shire Council had a problem with viruses introduced to its IT system, both unintentionally by employees and from third party software.
• Albury City Council wanted to replace its previous anti-virus protection, and had to overcome large volumes of spam.

Technology solution

• Both councils now use Sophos Anti-Virus to help safeguard confidential data such as personal ratepayer and land ownership records and PureMessage to guard against spam.
• EM Library enables both organizations to keep their networks updated automatically with latest anti-virus updates.

Business results

• PureMessage and Sophos Anti-Virus have impressed both organizations with their high levels of detection of spam and viruses, providing the all-round protection they need. The councils have also cited Sophos's dedication to supporting its customers as one of the reasons why they are very satisfied.

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