“The Arkoon solution has allowed us to deliver access to our information systems for external users.

David BERTHIAUD, Director of Information Systems

An international sailing center and a pioneer in urban ecology, the city of
La Rochelle continues to innovate and evolve while conserving a rich architectural and cultural heritage.With its four sea ports, La Rochelle is on of France’s leading nautical centers, with maritme trade, tourism, and industry all contributing to a healthy and active local economy.

Customer needs
The La Rochelle city council was seeking the means to open up access to information systems and consolidate its security architecture, without the complication of multiple point solutions form different vendors. The objective was to facilitate secure, trusted communications between 900 users on the authority’s 60 sites.

The response
La Rochelle has selected the Arkoon FAST360 A2000 appliance, in a high-availability pair deployment. In addition to the high availability features, the city council is using the FAST360 antivirus, antispam, IPsec VPN and other services. The range of security services answers day-to-day security demands of La Rochelle’s users.

The benefits
The FAST360 UTM appliances are now the main information systems security tool for the La Rochelle city council. Easy to use and easy to manage, with a single supplier for a full range of security services, La Rochelle is satisfied that their choice is cost effective without compromising on information security..