Case study: Wiltshire County Council

Wiltshire County Council's IT department coordinates a wealth of information, much of which is highly sensitive. The council uses Sophos Anti-Virus (a component of Endpoint Security and Control) to protect its data both in its main offices in county halls and in the wider community, including all Wiltshire's schools and libraries.

"Our use of taxpayers' money is open to constant public scrutiny. We chose Sophos Anti-Virus to safeguard our data because it offers cost-effective protection with maximum functionality."
Chris Tinsley, Security Officer

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Fact file

Sector	Local government
Location	UK
Environment	More than 1,400 Windows desktops running on NetWare, Windows, AIX, and Sun Solaris servers Workstations: 1350 Windows 95, 80 Windows NT, DOS/Windows 3.x
Solution	Sophos Anti-Virus (a component of Endpoint Security and Control)

Business challenge

• The council needed a cost-effective solution that delivered a high level of performance when a formal IT security structure was introduced.

Technology solution

• Sophos Anti-Virus is used to protect the council's email gateway, PCs and laptops against viruses.

Business results

• Sophos’s education license protects an unlimited number of PCs at secondary schools throughout Wiltshire with Sophos Anti-Virus.
• The council's use of Sophos Anti-Virus is an example of its commitment to providing formal data security.

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