Online gamblingsite Victor Chandler
claimed today that it can ensure instantweb securityin remote offices where
it has little or no IT infrastructure. If true, this could lead the
way to similar breakthroughs in banking and public sector
organisations with similarly remote, unsupported
outposts.
The Victor Chandler Group, which started trading from a suitcase
at Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium in 1946, is a £1bn multi-national
gaming enterprise. As a multi-layered gambling company that
operates across international borders, it has to comply with a
myriad of national compliance and gaming regulations.
The company announced an implementation of managed web security
to protect its 450 staff from allegations of unfair trading. "We
cannot gamble on web security," said Chris Murchison, operations
engineer, the Victor Chandler Group
Murchison needed to protect staff, who spend most of their time
exploring online gaming and betting sites, either to monitor the
performance of their own platforms, deal with a particular customer
query or to check on developments with rival services.
Employees also use a web interface when dealing with third-party
service providers, such as payment processing companies or credit
agencies.
Victor Chandler's traders use instant messaging to conduct risk
assessment, odds compilation or handling proprietary bets. The
company had to rethink its security strategy when it opened a new
office with 25 staff in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
"The Kuala Lumpur office was not connected to our corporate
network, so we needed a remote solution that secured staff against
Web threats and enforce our Internet usage policy," said Chris
Murchison, operations engineer at the Victor Chandler Group. The
ScanSafe contract is for three years.