Case Studies

ViaSat is providing the Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering (DSEME) with encrypted hard drives for 200 Dell laptops, designed to ensure the security of DSEME laptop data, while providing the best possible level of IT performance and making it simple for DSEME to provision computers for trainees.   As the only hardware encryption provider that is CESG-approved to secure top-secret data at rest, ViaSat hard drives will help DSEME educate and deliver competent...

Sevenoaks School in Kent has future-proofed its fixed and wireless network security by installing a new unified threat management (UTM) platform from WatchGuard Technologies.   The school’s WatchGuard XTM 850 gives its students and staff fast, flexible access to a wide range of online activities for teaching, learning, business and leisure, while guarding against cyber threats and potentially risky or inappropriate applications.   Sevenoaks School has a reputation for innovation and harnesses digital technologies to...

ForeScout Technologies has announced that Nottingham Trent University has chosen ForeScout CounterACT to help monitor and mitigate security risks from devices connecting to its wireless network while maintaining end-user ease of use. With over 25,000 students and 2,500 staff spread across three campuses, NTU’s wireless network accommodates about 6,000 active wireless endpoints -- and 10,000 “seen” endpoints -- figures that grow continually as students bring more of their own devices (BYOD), including laptops, smartphones, tablets...

Varonis Systems, Inc., a provider of software solutions for unstructured, human-generated enterprise data, today revealed details of how it has helped ING DIRECT ensure its systems are secure and that customers’ interests are protected at all times. Using Varonis DatAdvantage, the bank is able to monitor who is accessing and changing records to guarantee that all actions are authorised. It also allows ING DIRECT to visualise and manage permissions, which helps to meet regulatory obligations....

When FrieslandCampina, one of the world’s leading dairy cooperatives, needed a new user-authentication solution, Verizon had the answer. Verizon’s Universal Identity Services now give FrieslandCampina’s global workforce flexible, secure access to business-critical applications and information from wherever they are in the world, ensuring the workers can always remain productive. FrieslandCampina, headquartered in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, delivers a wide range of dairy-based foods and beverages to customers in 100 countries around the globe, from infant and...

THE CUSTOMER Isis Pharmaceuticals is the leader in anti-sense drug development with a broad pipeline of drugs that are applicable to many different disease targets including cardiovascular, metabolic, severe and rare diseases, and cancer. Its anti-sense technology provides a direct route from genes to drugs with the opportunity to dramatically improve industry drug discovery productivity. THE CHALLENGE Like any organization, Isis was finding it increasingly complex and frustrating to keep track of its permissions infrastructure....

Offering tailored financial advice to select professional groups, Wesleyan Assurance Society requires a complete vulnerability management solution to protect its internal and external assets while reducing the amount of time and money spent on finding and correcting vulnerabilities. Previous Solution Wesleyan carried out annual penetration testing to check for vulnerabilities, however it recognised a need to revise its security procedures, in order to reduce its risk exposure between annual tests.  Additionally, in light of recent...

The Issue Cardinal Allen Catholic High School wanted to find a better way to manage the policy management process in order to reduce the administrative burden and eradicate paper without sacrificing audit and compliance requirements. The Solution NETconsent Compliance Suite from Cryptzone delivers a proactive and sustainable approach to handling the policy management lifecycle. It is an easy-to-use Windows based system, which raises policy awareness and understanding amongst staff and students and enables schools to...

This astute utility is saving money, adding flexibility  and it’s environmentally friendly too Background Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) serves a population of 2.6 million people in the north east of England with water and sewerage services, and 1.8 million in the south east of England where it provides water services trading as Essex & Suffolk Water. As you’d expect with a utility organisation, it has a diverse workforce some of whom work away from the office, teams who...

David van Rooyen, Invensys Principal Solutions Architect: “I can’t recommend SecurEnvoy highly enough for its simplicity, seamless integration, unbelievable customer service, keen interest in what their potential customers are doing, future developments and price position. With cost savings in the millions for a hassle free solution - it’s one less thing to keep me awake at night.” Background Invensys is a FTSE100 engineering conglomerate made up principally of three companies: Invensys Rail, Invensys Controls and...