Network Box’s IDP solution is just one component of its unified threat management (UTM) managed service (it was competing with pure-play IDP systems in the test). In addition to IDP, Network Box includes firewall, VPN, anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-malware, and content filtering within its UTM service. Its service is continually updated using PUSH technology, which literally pushes new signatures and updates to each Network Box device as soon as it is available, with no need for manual updates (or expensive annual upgrades).
The Biwater Group designs and constructs water and wastewater systems across the world (the name ‘Biwater’ – or ‘two waters’ – was adopted because of its involvement in the provision of clean water and the treatment of wastewater).
"Our LAN Administrator would make simple changes; these took some time. As the changes occurred infrequently, we had to remember the steps and double check to ensure we did not introduce a security hole. If there was a complex change to be made then we had to pay a consultant to come on-site.
"Many people are concerned about responsiveness with a managed service. But changes to security or access occur quicker than they did before the Network Box went in. As Network Box does this everyday the changes are quick and efficient.
Like many organisations, CBC was using a number of different security technologies to protect itself against the burgeoning myriad of online threats. For example, it outsourced its firewall, VPN, email filtering and web filtering security to separate companies. However, CBC discovered that not only is this method cost-ineffective, it also brings with it an administrative burden that significantly impacts resources.
Tottenham Hotspur FC is one of the UK's top premiership football clubs and is also a modern sports business, dealing with large amounts of electronic correspondence and internet traffic from fans, business partners and sponsors. The need for a secure network that can defend against malware and spam was a high priority when it came to upgrading its security system.
Combat Stress is a mental health and welfare service charity that provides treatment and support to over 7,000 ex-Services men and women of all ranks, suffering from psychological disability as a result of their service.
Sunderland AFC is a UK premiership football club. The club has over 120 full-time employees at three different sites in the UK. Network security is a top level priority for the club, and a need to defend against the vast amounts of spam and malware it was seeing was an issue when the club upgraded its security system.
Graham Stenning, Systems Administrator, Sunderland AFC, explains: "We were receiving spam, spam and more spam and this was a big problem for the IT department. At one point we had 100,000 emails in a week and 85 per cent of these were spam."
Jeyes manufactures, markets, sells and distributes household cleaning and hygiene products throughout the world in more than 60 countries. The IT team currently spends, on average, two to five hours per week fending off Internet threats but expects this time to dramatically fall, now it has implemented Network Box.
PDD is a product innovation consultancy, working with some the world's leading brands, such as Sony Ericsson, Orange and Levis, in the invention, conception and development of products that are used in daily life. It employees 65 staff at its UK headquarters in London.
The Pluswork Group is a temporary and permanent recruitment specialist with offices in the North West of England. It has recruitment specialists at various office locations, as well as on the road visiting candidates and clients; and this posed a wide variety of IT security issues.
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"We analysed other comparative solutions in the market and Network Box came back as the most cost effective and 100 per cent more efficient in time and money. It was our shining light."
Rachana Osman, IT Manager, Combat Stress
28th Jul 10
June saw the UK become the fourth largest producer of spam in the world, and it is now also the fourth largest producer of viruses, according to July threat statistics from managed security company, Network Box.
The number one virus producer remains the US, which has increased production by around one per cent (to 14.6 per cent). But India’s slight increase in production (from 9.2 to 9.5 per cent) was enough to move it to number two in the charts and see Korea drop to third place, with a decline in production of more than three per cent.
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