In a drive to increase control over it's 2500 desktop users and tighten up it's network security, the SABC will roll out 3000 nodes of eSafe Protect Enterprise software across it's national WAN.
Andre Rossouw, manager: desktop support for the broadcasting giant, says that "Besides the obvious benefits of improved anti virus protection, the software will ensure information confidentiality, and assist in desktop maintenance and reducing total cost of ownership (TCO)."
He added that often confidential information is stored on the desktop as opposed to the server and, as a result, desktop protection needs to be intensified via eSafe Protect's alert feature. This will indicate that classified information has been accessed and send a warning to the network administrator.
Brett Myroff, CEO of eSafe Technology, says that the eSafe Protect is a fully-fledged enterprise protection suite that provides security on a range of fronts.
"The fact that many SABC staff are very IT literate and the organisations use of the Web means that it needs protection from the newest range of Net viruses including downloadable HTML and Java Active X viruses via firewall protection at the desktop level."
He added that network administration from SABC's nerve center in Auckland Park has been made simpler with a standard policy of user access now being applied from the individual to group user level. Any protection software on the national WAN can now be removed, installed or reconfigured centrally from SABC Auckland Park, lowering network TCO.
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