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Foursys, a Cambridgeshire based company at the vanguard of network threat protection, has been appointed by the NHS in Northern Ireland to upgrade its computer security.

The Directorate of Information Systems (DIS), part of the Department of Health and Social Services and Public Safety NI, has selected Foursys’s Sophos Endpoint and Email Security and Websense Web Security Suite as their standard products, together with enhanced support, administrator training and installation services from the company.

The DIS’s selection means that Foursys will now be responsible for providing computer security for up to 50,000 users across the NHS in Northern Ireland and comes on the back of other successful contracts in the same field. The Health and Social Care Service in Northern Ireland, for example has used Sophos SAV for desktop Anti Virus (AV) protection for some 10 years.

The DIS placed the contract for Sophos Endpoint because of its reliability, ease of use and threat protection. "The Sophos solution works silently in the background, ensuring virtually no malware and spam can sneak through,” said Kieran McConville, network manager at the DIS. “This has dramatically reduced pressure on our helpdesks, and has enabled us, as well as the systems administrators at the various trusts, to get on with other IT matters.”

Michael Harnett, ICT Security Manager, Directorate of Information Systems, added; “The use of standard products from Sophos, Websense and Celestix throughout the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) network has resulted in significant cost savings and simplified IT administration for our users. The level of customer service and support provided by Foursys since 2004 has made the introduction of these standards much easier for the HSC organisations.”

As a result, the HSC network now has improved protection from security threats across the board. In addition, technical staff at the HSC organisations have also been trained by the same people at Foursys they call for technical support, meaning that Foursys can now build an even stronger relationship with the client.

For more information contact Sarah-Jane Jarrold at SJPR
07730 494 154
sj@sjpr.co.uk