Télécharger Martin County Board of County Commissioners
When the Board of County Commissioners in Martin County, Florida experienced a surge in spam, it found that existing open source solutions were high maintenance and offered little control to its 800‑plus end users. Installing PureMessage at the gateway significantly reduced helpdesk calls and the administrative load on the IT department – and kept users’ inboxes free of unwanted email. Télécharger maintenant
“PureMessage is a proven technology and rock solid! I would definitely recommend Sophos to other institutions looking for email gateway protection.”
Tim Murnane, Systems Administrator, Martin County Board of County Commissioners
Fact file
| Sector: |
Government |
| Location: |
Stuart, Florida |
| Environment: |
800+ users, 475,000 emails a month, Linux servers |
| Solution: |
PureMessage for UNIX, part of Email Security and Control |
Business challenge
- The county's open source solution was too limited, high maintenance, and offered little control for end users.
- 50% of messages were identified as spam, but false positives were increasing.
- Outbound filtering was needed to filter viruses and spam, and to meet legislative requirements.
Technology solution
- PureMessage integrated antivirus, anti-spam and policy enforcement at the email gateway.
- It provided superior protection and administrator visibility into its rules.
Business results
- The county's IT helpdesk experienced a significant drop in helpdesk calls, and unwanted email declined sharply.
- The reduction in viruses, spam and false positives saved many hours of troubleshooting.
- Spam identification increased to 74% of all messages, and 12% are blocked because they contain viruses.