Case study: 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 Sophos PureMessage (part of Email Security and Control) at the gateway significantly reduced helpdesk calls and the administrative load on the IT department - and kept users' inboxes free of unwanted email.
“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 anti-virus, 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 has saved many hours of troubleshooting.
- Spam identification has increased to 74% of all messages, and 12% are blocked because they contain viruses.
Case studies by sector
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Specific solutions
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Guard against spam, email viruses and other threats by using PureMessage or one of our 'hands-off' email appliances.
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