CPW enhances security operations through a unified cyber security platform
Project at a Glance
CPW, a UK-based MEP engineering and environmental building services consultancy, wanted to advance its cyber security maturity with a solution suited to its team, operating model and long-term strategy. Softcat led a structured market review, coordinated vendor discussions and worked with Sophos to establish a commercially viable five-year agreement. The resulting integrated platform has improved visibility, simplified central management, supported more proactive security operations and contributed to CPW achieving Cyber Essentials Plus.
Challenge
As its existing endpoint and managed security provision approached renewal, CPW saw an opportunity to explore the market and identify a solution better aligned with its size, internal resources and evolving cyber security strategy. The business sought to simplify day-to-day management, bring together more of its security and infrastructure environment, and support its Cyber Essentials Plus journey while achieving a commercially viable outcome.
Critical Success Factors:
1
Security alignment
Identify a cyber security solution better aligned to CPW’s size, team structure and security maturity.
2
Cyber Security progression
Support CPW’s Cyber Essentials Plus journey and wider cyber security roadmap.
3
Commercial viability
Achieve the preferred technical outcome at a commercially viable price point.
Solution
- Market review covering multiple cyber security vendors and demonstrations
- Five-year Sophos agreement shaped to support CPW’s preferred technical outcome and commercial requirements
- Integrated approach across endpoint, security operations, switches, firewalls, wireless and mobile
Results
- Improved visibility across wireless access points, switches and key security activity
- More proactive cyber security management and stronger background processes
- Support for Cyber Essentials Plus certification and CPW’s continuing security maturity journey
Proactivity is probably the area in which we’ve found the best improvement. We have much better visibility of everything, even including much of our network, which is quite a key thing for us.
Tim Hedges
Head of IT, CPW