Johnston Press protects its newspapers from email attacks

UK regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press has implemented an email security system to protect against increasing virus threats.

Recognising the increasing threat from Trojans, spyware and spam, the company has deployed an email security appliance to protect the 148,000 incoming and outbound emails it handles every day.

Johnston Press has upgraded its existing security software to a consolidated single-vendor solution, providing protection against all malware for its 9,000 users across over 250 locations.

The solution needed to be centrally administrated to protect its users based in offices ranging from fewer than ten employees to those with between 600-700 staff.

"As many of our sites operate around the clock, we needed a solution that would give us peace of mind and leave us free to get on with our core activity of providing the news for local communities," said Roger Davies, group IT director at Johnston Press.

The company implemented a Sophos security system which combines a hardware and software approach.

Johnston Press deployed virus protection appliances at its data centres to scan all incoming and outgoing mail for viruses, spyware, Trojans and spam.

Anti-Virus software protects all desktop users within the organisation, while messaging anti-virus software was installed on the exchange servers, to scan internal mail and intercept any email malware present before the introduction of the system.

The security system has minimised the number of false positives and provides the company with a list of quarantined emails twice a day, giving users the power to release any messages held in quarantine.