Food manufacturerHeinzhas become one
of the first companies to deploy dedicated security hardware
fromSophosdesigned to
protect thin client desktop terminals with web
browsers.
It has installed the WS1000 gateway appliance from Sophos at its
Portsmouth datacentre to provide 5,000 staff working on its
European wide area network with secure internet access.
Chris Leonard, European IT security and compliance manager at
Heinz, said the firm decided to use the integrated web browser
included with the thin client terminals after finding that running
web browsing off its datacentre servers was putting too big a load
on them.
This was due to the need to run a copy of Internet Explorer for
every user.
Leonard said he wanted to use the thin client's built-in web
browser to overcome this, but needed to prevent the device from
spreading a worm on the company's network.
"The WS1000 gateway appliance checks all web traffic and updates
virus signature files over the internet, making safe browsing
possible," he said.
Heinz is also using Sophos Anti-Virus's application control
feature, which allows businesses to restrict use of unauthorised or
unwanted applications.
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