Consolidated solution secures critical medical data from spam
and virus attacks
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam and
viruses, today announced that James Paget Hospital, the
Norfolk-based NHS Trust, has installed Sophos PureMessage to
protect its network from viruses and spam. PureMessage combines
Sophos's industry-leading virus and spam protection, and is capable
of filtering millions of messages per day.
James Paget Hospital formerly used an anti-virus scanner, but
with an average 7500 spam mails being received each week it became
increasingly evident that protection against spam was also
essential. The hospital opted for a consolidated solution - Sophos
PureMessage - because its combination of anti-spam, anti-virus and
policy enforcement technology simplifies email monitoring and
management.
Sophos PureMessage's flexible spam handling options give
companies greater control of their email traffic, allowing them to
set various actions based on the likelihood that messages are spam;
including marking, deleting, quarantining and delivering messages.
It is the first solution to have adaptive spam filtering that can
be tailored to suit the needs of each individual user - ideal for
the medical industry, as it can receive legitimate email
communication containing phrases often found in spam, such as
'prescription drugs'.
"It is vital that the hospital network is running to its optimum
capacity and is not only secure from virus infection, but also from
spam clogging up the network. Employee productivity is drained by
constantly deleting spam, having a knock-on effect on the time
sensitive communication of information," said Mike Scott, Network
Manager at James Paget Hospital. "Sophos tailored PureMessage to
suit our needs and the solution is easy to manage. Rather than
encountering the frustration common with call centres, the
assistance from Sophos's 24x7 customer support is informative and
efficient."
"It is essential to any company that the network is protected
from viruses and spam, but especially important to an organisation
like James Paget Hospital," said David Stanley, UK general manager
at Sophos. "Sophos PureMessage enables spam filtering to be
tailored to the needs of the hospital, ensuring relevant emails -
even those including usual spam triggers such as 'viagra' - are
delivered. In addition, employees deal with highly sensitive data
as a matter of course and a virus infection could have
repercussions in terms of confidentiality leaks."
About James Paget Hospital
The James Paget Hospital is an acute district hospital of 520
beds, serving a population of 230,000. Also part of the Trust are
two community hospital in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. The trust
employs more than 2,500 staff with every member of staff having
access to E-Mail and Internet services. With more than 1,000
desktop PCs and 85 fileservers, it has one of the largest IT
infrastructures in the area.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.