Perimeter Case Studies
Alpha Group plc
Webroot has been selected to provide email security services for one of the world’s largest independent aviation support companies. The Alpha Group plc opted for Webroot E-mail Security SaaS (Software as a Service) over its competitors, to provide the business with a complete suite of email security services, based on ease of deployment, configuration and advanced technology.
Lester Aldridge LLP
Lester Aldridge (LA) LLP is a leading law firm with over 350 staff based across four sites in the UK - including Bournemouth, Southampton and London. The business regularly appears in The Sunday Times’ list of 100 ‘Best Companies to Work For’. An existing user of Webroot Email Security SaaS (Software as a Service), the business needed to acquire a solution to protect staff from harmful web-based material whilst enabling the team to utilise the internet as a resource for research when required.
The Law Society of Scotland
The Law Society of Scotland is the Governing Body for Scottish Solicitors, Established by the Legal Aid & Solicitors (Scotland) Act in 1949. The Society promotes the interests of the solicitors’ profession in Scotland and the interests of the public in relation to the profession. The Society employs approximately 140 individuals from a single location.
San Francisco Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony is widely recognized as one of the foremost arts institutions in the United States. Between email services for over 100 staff, online ticket sales and a merchandise e-store, the Symphony was struggling with issues like spam, bandwidth consumption and online threats. As the IT team began to analyze solutions, they realized that software-as-a-service was the best way to meet their needs for rapid deployment, powerful protection and cost-savings.
Richmond Ambulance Authority
At Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA), cutting-edge technology not only improves operational effectiveness - it helps to save lives. When RAA needed to secure the wireless computer system in its fleet of ambulances, it turned to Webroot for help. The IT team needed a web filtering solution that would protect mobile users, prevent Web-based threats, and enable monitoring and management of Internet activity while medics were in the field. Find out how Webroot Web Security SaaS delivers the proactive web security RAA needs.
Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents
The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) provides educational resources and networking opportunities for approximately 10,000 agents across the state. Like many companies, MAIA was concerned about dangerous Web-borne malware that employees might unknowingly bring into the network. The IT team had attempted to secure the system by employing a firewall, but they knew the solution was not robust enough to meet the increasingly complex malware environment. MAIA needed more powerful Web protection that would proactively block viruses and spyware while enabling administrators to monitor online activity.
The Ritz London
The Ritz London has a reputation as one of the world’s greatest hotels. To maintain its high level of customer service, the hotel relies on a secure IT architecture - including 24/7 web-based email for the numerous guest reservations made online. The Ritz’s existing messaging solution was highly ineffective, with spam comprising nearly 90 percent of the domain’s 530,000 monthly inbound emails. A more robust email security solution was vital to avoid lost business or damage to the hotel’s quality reputation.
Austbrokers Network
The Austbrokers Network is a general insurance broking group with more than 500 employees in multiple offices. As a publicly listed company operating in a highly regulated environment, Austbrokers must follow stringent legal requirements for the retention of email. However, business expansion was making it difficult to store and access email messages amongst increasing volumes of data. Learn how Austbrokers improved data storage and compliance by implementing Webroot E-Mail Security SaaS with Managed Archive Service.
HopgoodGanim Lawyers
HopgoodGanim Lawyers has more than 200 employees and a client base that includes large publicly listed companies, state government departments and emerging businesses. The firm was being flooded with over a million spam emails per month - more than 95 percent of their total inbound messages. HopgoodGanim’s in-house solution not only required a high degree of manual intervention by IT staff, but it was also extremely ineffective. Learn how Webroot Email Security SaaS provided more powerful messaging protection that was easier to manage.
Unity College
Unity College has over 900 students and approximately 120 teachers and support staff. The College grew rapidly from its inception in 1998 with major facility additions and increases in student enrollments. As the school grew, however, so did its difficulties with the email service integral to the staff’s timely communication on issues of curriculum and education.
Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD)
The Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) is the largest undergraduate institution in Texas. As a network of seven community colleges, the DCCCD relies on email for timely communication between faculty, staff and administrators. The network was receiving approximately 1 to 3 million emails each day - and 95 percent of these messages were spam. Two email security appliances were in use, but they were ineffective and difficult to manage. The DCCCD needed a new solution to improve protection, productivity and bandwidth.
Watson Goepel Maledy
Founded in 1984, Watson Goepel Maledy has grown from four partners to a mixed practice firm of over 35 lawyers. The firm attributes a large part of its success to a strong customer service commitment that ensures every client - regardless of size or budget - receives first-rate legal counsel and support. To help maintain this standard of excellence, the firm relies on email for client communication and case correspondence. However, Watson Goepel Maledy faced a compliance conflict following the passage of the U.S. Patriot Act, which made confidential client information accessible for viewing by authorities. Find out how Webroot solved the problem.
Stevens Aviation
Stevens Aviation is one of the leading aviation services companies within the United States. Providing heavy aircraft maintenance, upgrade, completion and modification services, new and used aircraft sales and charter services, Stevens also supports the US Department of Defense on a number of significant depot maintenance, modification and upgrade programs. When a high volume of illegitimate email began hindering employee productivity and crippling systems, the company turned to Webroot for help.
Endpoint Case Studies
Cal Poly
Cal Poly found itself immersed in spyware-related help-desk calls and computer repairs during a recent two-year period. IT staff across campus found that too much of their time was being spent rebuilding infected machines - a very costly solution to an increasingly significant threat. In an effort to remedy this situation, Cal Poly embarked on a comprehensive search for the most effective antispyware solution and ultimately selected Webroot Spy Sweeper Enterprise to deploy campus-wide to faculty, staff and students.
University of California, San Diego Medical Center
The UC-San Diego Medical Center handles more than 21,000 admissions and 454,000 outpatient visits annually. Connecting this large medical center is a network of approximately 3,700 workstations and kiosks used by staff, faculty and patients. Although the Medical Center had enterprise class antivirus and content filtering solutions, the staff began noticing decreased performance and an increasing number of pop-up ads. Initial attempts to solve the problem led to rising operational costs. The IT staff soon realized there was a more serious malware problem that needed to be addressed.
Home Retailer
Webroot was selected by a major home improvement retailer (Customer), a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest retailers in the United States, to secure approximately 30,000+ corporate desktops, with the opportunity to secure many more throughout other divisions of the company.