Tasmanian state primary and secondary schools, state post-secondary colleges, state libraries, online access centres and departmental staff equipped with unrivalled security
SYDNEY, Australia – Symantec – Dec. 15, 2011 – Symantec Australia today announced that the Tasmanian Department of Education has selected Symantec Endpoint Protection to secure 40,000 personal computers and 700 servers.
“The Department selected Symantec because of its strong track record in guarding large-scale infrastructures,” said David Briggs, Manager of IT Infrastructure. “Symantec Endpoint Protection fulfilled our requirement to secure Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems. It also demonstrated flexibility to secure newer operating systems, including Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2, as well as mobile devices.”
Symantec Endpoint Protection gives the Department enterprise-wide protection against viruses, worms, Trojans, botnets, rootkits, spyware and adware.
The Department of Education previously ran an older version of Symantec Endpoint Protection across 350 locations around Tasmania, including all state primary and high schools, state post-secondary colleges, corporate staff, state public libraries, adult education facilities and online access centres. The Department of Education purchased Symantec Endpoint Protection through Symantec Partner Alphawest, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Optus, after an extensive Request for Tender (RFT) process earlier this year. In mid-2012, the Department of Education will also be deploying Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 across its environment.
According to Craig Scroggie, vice president and managing director, Pacific region, Symantec, the Department can benefit from features such as Symantec Insight, the reputation-based security technology that identifies new threats as they are created by tracking the age, prevalence and security rating of nearly every program file on the internet.
“It’s crucial for educational institutions to provide students and staff with state-of-the-art defence against all types of attacks,” said Scroggie. “Symantec Endpoint Protection is one of the fastest, most powerful endpoint protection security solutions available on the market today. It integrates essential security tools into a single, high performance agent with a single management console and provides leading protection without comprising performance.”
Preparing for the mobile future of education
Symantec Endpoint Protection helps the Department of Education maintain a safe and managed computer-based learning environment that is compatible with Microsoft software packages such as Windows, Internet Explorer and Office. It also works with other browsers such as Firefox and Safari, and web-based email systems such as Hotmail and Gmail.
Securing this environment helps protect confidential student and staff information stored on staff laptops, mobile devices and desktops.
“As online learning continues to become more integrated with traditional classroom learning and mobile devices become more prevalent in the classroom, we’ll see a need for increased, flexible and proactive security as provided by Symantec Endpoint Protection,” said Briggs.
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