North Devon Council Case Study

North Devon Council provides and manages a wide range of essential services for about 98,000 people.

Its tech team were acutely aware of cyber threats, particularly a ransomware attack and the potentially devastating consequences for the organisation and the residents who rely upon it for every day.

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"Ransomware attacks are what keeps us awake at night. The work we’re doing, bringing on board Osirium PAM and Osirium EPM, is about reducing the attack surface for ransomware attacks."

 Paul Shears, Senior Tech analyst

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North Devon Council’s tech analyst team wanted to tackle the following problems:

-         Internal and external audits highlighted some key security concerns

-         The level of privileged access for IT needed to be reduced

-         Satisfying demands of cyber insurance provider which insisted upon a PAM solution

-         Fears over ransomware attacks – having seen other public sector bodies badly affected

-         Concerns over theft of credentials

-         Making third party access secure