February 24, 2010
University Hospital of Zurich Deploys Proofpoint for Email Security and Secure File Transfer
We issued a press release today about Proofpoint customer University Hospital of Zurich (aka USZ), about their deployment of Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway email security appliances to protect 7000 email users at the hospital from spam, viruses and other inbound email risks.
Additionally, the hospital uses Proofpoint Secure File Transfer as a way to transfer large files, or files that require enhanced security/encryption, "out of band" from their SMTP email system. Like healthcare organizations in the US, University Hospital of Zurich wants to ensure that confidential, personal healthcare information isn't improperly exposed. Proofpoint Secure File transfer lets staffers send information such as patient data, medical test results, insurance information and other sensitive info in a secure fashion.
Jens Grundtvig, the manager of network security for University Hospital of Zurich says that the hospital chose Proofpoint because of a combination of ease of administration, security and cost reasons.
“The combination of an easy-to-deploy appliance, ability to enforce policies for individual users and groups, the price-performance ratio and the option for secure file transfer gave Proofpoint a strong advantage over the other four suppliers [that the hospital considered],” says Grundtvig.
You can read the full press release at the Proofpoint site here:
