Symantec today announced it has been appointed by three government departments in Limpopo Province to provide a range of Internet security solutions to protect against malicious cyber threats.
The Limpopo departments of education, transport and local government have selected Symantec solutions including Symantec AntiVirus Enterprise Edition, Symantec Web Security with filtering, Symantec VPN and Symantec VelociRaptor.
Thabiso New Technologies (TNT), a Symantec Enterprise Solutions Partner, has been appointed to conduct the installation and deployment programme.
Government departments throughout SA rely on a wide area network (WAN) to share data using multiple platforms. The WAN is complex with areas that are open to the public and other areas to which access is tightly controlled. As TNT managing director Bertus van den Heever explains, such a network environment is potentially vulnerable to cyber attack unless effective Internet security technology and policies are put in place.
"Departments within the government realise the need to protect against external and internal attempts to exploit security vulnerabilities," he says.
Patrick Evans, Symantec's Africa regional manager, adds: "The government departments have recognised that modern blended cyber threats can only be countered by highly manageable and flexible integrated security solutions. Protecting a network is no longer a question of simply installing anti-virus software."
Symantec and TNT conducted a series of pilot studies to enable the government departments to assess the performance of the Symantec solutions before committing to full roll out of the technology. Department IT managers also met with Symantec and TNT security specialists to better understand Symantec's integrated security strategy.
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