GVTC selects Blue Ridge to protect mobile workforce
Chantilly, Va., Nov. 5, 2009 -- Blue Ridge Networks and GVTC, Inc., a provider of comprehensive communications solutions announced today that they have successfully deployed Blue Ridge/Secure EdgeGuard (http://www.blueridgenetworks.com/products/edgeguard.php ) to their Field Service Engineers. GVTC installed EdgeGuard on its mobile Windows computers to protect customer information and enterprise resources from the daily threats posed by cyber criminals.
EdgeGuard enables GVTC to define, deploy, enforce and audit PC security policies for enterprise and mobile PCs in addition to increasing malware protection beyond what is provided by traditional AV products. EdgeGuard blocks zero-day malware attacks that regularly elude ordinary anti-virus/spyware, enforces computer hardening policies, and provides management with operational awareness over all of its PCs.
“Protecting customer information is the primary requirement in our security policy and EdgeGuard proved to be the only product that allows us to maintain control over our mobile PCs without negatively impacting our users’ productivity,” said Nick Zeitvogel, Manager - IT, at GVTC. “And it gives us added protection against this new generation of malware that’s attacking businesses.”
Traditional anti-virus and anti-malware products that rely on known malware signatures are proving to be less effective against increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks. Cyber-criminals are now able to easily re-craft malware, altering signatures so they cannot be stopped by these legacy products.
Blue Ridge/Secure EdgeGuard more than doubles protection from legacy anti-virus and anti-malware products and eliminates the threat from zero-day malware without relying on signatures or complex configuration management.
IT support organizations are constantly challenged to manage and enforce PC security policies. Many attacks are successful because a mobile PC user may have been running out-of-date virus protection or downloaded and ran a software application that was unapproved under the security policy.
EdgeGuard is a policy-based security solution that enforces security policies regardless of the PC’s location. It can prevent the users, even those with Administrative privileges, from running unauthorized software and can quarantine the PC from the network until its anti-virus software, or other programs including disk encryption and VPN are remediated. EdgeGuard also enables custom policy assessment and enforcement scripting.
Regular audits and reporting will help ensure that security policies are enforced, are not a hindrance to employees and are in fact preventing cyber attacks. EdgeGuard audit and reporting capabilities report on compliance and non-compliant activities of PC users whether they were on or off the enterprise network. To meet the highest levels of security and compliance, EdgeGuard digitally signs its event logs to facilitate irrefutable reporting.
“Our experience with anti-virus vendors led us to believe that protecting our customer data and users from today’s malware threats meant employing a large, expensive IT security team,” said Zeitvogel. . “But with the EdgeGuard managed service our IT staff is actually less occupied with malware issues and our employees can focus on their primary jobs.”
“GVTC is an innovative communications provider committed to delivering outstanding customer service, stated Mike Fumai, CEO of Blue Ridge Networks. “We are pleased that they have chosen EdgeGuard to help secure the data and mobile systems employees use to support its customers.”
About GVTC:
GVTC began more than half a century ago as a telephone cooperative with the purpose of providing modern phone service to the Texas Hill Country and areas of Far North San Antonio. Today, GVTC has evolved into a comprehensive communications provider with offerings that include cable TV, high-speed Internet, security, long distance, advanced data services and more.
More information about GVTC can be found at www.gvtc.com .
About Blue Ridge Networks:
For over 12 years Blue Ridge Networks has helped commercial and government customers securely connect and conduct business over the most secure and lowest cost networks in the world. Our solutions have consistently enabled increased application performance and endpoint security, supported network growth, simplified management, and reduced the total cost of doing business. Blue Ridge Networks solutions represent high standards of security as evidenced by numerous government certifications and compliance with key industry security standards.
More information about our products and managed services can be found by visiting www.blueridgenetworks.com . You may also follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BlueRidgeNet .
Source: Company press release.