The Countryside Council for Wales has hired European
open source service provider Sirius Corporation to help extend its
OpenBSD security system’s integration with its Cisco-based
network.
The Countryside Council for Wales is using Sirius under the
government's
Catalist scheme, a framework agreement designed to help public
sector agencies purchase services from established and reputable
suppliers.
Sirius Corporation's close links with the OpenBSD development
team means the work will be included in forthcoming versions of the
operating system.
OpenBSD is traditionally deployed as an enterprise-class
firewall and in internet-facing systems where high security is
essential.
The Cisco internetworking operating system is the software
platform for the vast majority of Cisco routers and all its current
network switches.
Gordon Ross, network manager for the Countryside Council for
Wales, said, “We appointed Sirius because they were the only
Catalist-approved open source company with the specialist knowledge
to undertake the work.
“As long-term OpenBSD users, we are delighted the new code will
be fed back into the project itself for inclusion in future
releases.”
Mark Taylor, CEO at Sirius, said, “There has been too much
debate on how the public sector can engage with open source. The
answer is very simple – use approved suppliers who themselves work
with the underlying open source projects."
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