Thu, 11 July 2019
For a UK Borough, Solving Security Issues Leads to Operational Improvements and Cost-Savings Across its IT Infrastructure

The next BriefingsDirect enterprise IT productivity discussion focuses on solving tactical challenges around security to unlock strategic operational benefits in the public sector.

For a large metropolitan borough council in South Yorkshire, England, an initial move to thwarting recurring ransomware attacks ended up a catalyst to wider IT infrastructure performance, cost, operations, and management benefits.

This security innovations discussion then examines how the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council information and communications technology (ICT) team rapidly deployed malware protection across 3,500 physical and virtual workstations and servers. 

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Here to share the story of how that one change in security software led to far higher levels of user satisfaction -- and a heightened appreciation for the role and impact of small IT teams -- is Stephen Furniss, ICT Technical Specialist for Infrastructure at Barnsley Borough Council. The interview was conducted by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions.

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