The Client

Nestled on the banks of the Avon River in the gently rolling farmlands of the beautiful Avon Valley, the Shire of York offers unique insights into Western Australia’s rich and colourful past, both before and following European settlement in 1831.

Project Summary

Multiple sites needed to be securely connected back into the head office network.  Focus Networks were engaged to design, implement and support the new secure network.  The Managed Firewall Service was implemented.

The Strategy

The network design included redundancy in the event of a head office outage.  Scheduled install outages minimised the impact on users.  Internet security services were configured to block unwanted applications.  Three key tasks were completed:

• Upgrade Internet links where appropriate
• Audit network behaviour before going live
• Monitor firewall usage after going live

Proven Results

An increase in staff productivity has been noted due to easy data access.  Data now traversing multiple sites is scanned for vulnerabilities.  An increase in security delivers peace of mind to all users.