It's tough being a local government right now. In addition to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, municipalities are under constant cybersiege.
Ransomware is up. Elections are under attack. Schools are being threatened.
So for this county government in the Midwest, it was clear that relying on Proofpoint, which was consistently letting attacks by, was untenable—even though the contract was still in effect for a few months. The question they asked, was:
Why are we spending all this money on an email security solution?
The answer—finding an email security solution that actually worked. Why this government simply had to bolster their security with Avanan—and why the decision is paying off in spades.
