Nationwide car dealership gets a handle on IT security

One of Denmark’s biggest car dealers finally gets the Big Picture it was looking for

Autohuset Vestergaard employs more than 500 people at its chain of 13 car dealerships across Denmark. The company’s Windows-based IT platform includes more than 260 desktop clients and 75 laptops – all potential sources of a serious security breach.

Endpoint Protection: The Challenge

With just three sysadmins to guard over its entire network, Autohuset Vestergaard saw Clear Blue Security as a way to keep track the company’s total IT security situation. Torben Hansen, a systems consultant with the company, says the ability to monitor the whole network from a single site was the absolute top priority.

Endpoint Protection: The Solution

Torben and his team rolled out the system 100 clients at a time and experienced no installation hassles: “It went much better than expected. Installation and setup were breeze, and once you’ve done that, there’s no maintenance involved.” Torben is especially impressed with how quickly Clear Blue Security works: “It’s incredibly fast. This solution easily does an hour’s work in 20 seconds.” But he’s also noticed how management appreciates the company’s new security intelligence. “Now they know too,” he says, “and that means greater peace of mind.

Endpoint Protection: Conclusion

So what’s the verdict on Clear Blue Security at Autohuset Vestergaard? “It’s the easiest security monitoring tool I’ve ever seen,” says Torben Hansen. “They promised an on-demand snapshot view of our entire situation, and that’s exactly what we got.”