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Scottish Council ensures CoCo compliance

~ Dundee City Council provides extra layer of authentication security ~

September 29, 2009

Dundee City Council has tightened its security for remote workers with a new technology implementation from SecurEnvoy, while fully adhering to the Scottish Government’s Code of Conduct (CoCo) for GSX outlined for local authorities.

The Council has installed SecurAccess from SecurEnvoy to enhance its security system for remote working. SecurAccess provides employees with network access via SMS. Passcodes are sent to their mobile phones, which are entered alongside usual login details, to access networks and emails from remote locations safely.

Executive quote

“Mobile working is undoubtedly becoming more common, and we want to support employees who want more flexibly, without compromising security,” said Steve Watts, co-founder at SecurEnvoy. “With extra requirements for local governments to be CoCo compliant, councils like Dundee will benefit from our leading technology, SecurAccess.”

Customer quote

Graeme Quinn, IT team leader at Dundee City Council said: “We were looking to enhance our VPN security, and liked the easy process for accessing our network safely via SMS. Nearly everyone these days has a mobile phone, so this limited overall costs. We thought SecurAccess would be a quick, easy solution to combat the security issues around remote access.”

“SecurAccess has also enabled us to meet government requirements outlined in the Code of Conduct, whilst enhancing our security with two very different groups of users, many of whom are required to work remotely around the city.”

“We have 1,000 licences at the moment, but we’ll look at increasing this in future. Our requirements are always changing and it’s great to have technology in place to cope with our developing workforce.”

About the company

About SecurEnvoy (www.securenvoy.com)
SecurEnvoy provides two-factor authentication via mobile phones. Pass codes are sent to the user’s mobile phone in order to access networks or private emails. SecurEnvoy’s products - SecurAccess, SecurPassword, SecurICE and SecurMail - are adopted worldwide. Customers benefit from a reduced installation time and a zero footprint approach as no token manufacturing or remote software deployment is required, so ROI for organisations is relatively high.

SecurEnvoy distributes through the channel, providing customers the value added benefits of working with local partners. It has built up a technical and sales infrastructure that supports most languages and cultures around the world. Partners include: Juniper, Citrix, Fortinet, Sonic Aventail, Cisco, Checkpoint, Celestix, Microsoft and F5. SecurEnvoy’s customers include T-Mobile, Symantec, John Lewis, NHS and Save The Children.

Founded by Andrew Kemshall and Stephen Watts in 2003, SecurEnvoy is based in Theale, Berkshire.

For more information about SecurEnvoy and its products, visit www.securenvoy.com .

Contact details

For more information please contact
Ellen Spenceley or Lisa Gillingham at LEWIS PR
Tel: +44 (0) 117 315 8584
Email: securenvoy@lewispr.com

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