CUSTOMER CASE STUDY

Customer-at-a-glance
In 1912, John Burry bought Hubborn
Farm. In the 1970s, with additional landacquired in the area, a holiday park was
created that is now part of the Hoburne
Group. The Group includes eight holiday
parks, three golf courses, holiday homeownership, and property development
across the south of England. Its
headquarters are based in Christchurch.

IndustryHoliday

Number of Staff
250

Sophos Solutions
Sophos Endpoint Protection
Sophos Central
Intercept X Advanced with EDR
Intercept X for Server
Sophos Central Mobile
Sophos Central Encryption

Sophos Customer
Since 2016Hoburne A customer success story

Sophos and partner
Storm ‘mean a lot’ toholiday company theHoburne GroupOver a number of years, the Hoburne Group has implemented
more and more Sophos security products, starting with Sophos
Central and gradually switching on additional elements to include
Intercept X Advanced with EDR, Sophos Central Mobile, andSophos Central Encryption. Here we find out about the benefitsof blanket rollout to Sophos from Systems Support Technician
Jimmy Everingham.

Hoburne A customer success story‘We looked throughwhat was available andSophos came up trumps.’
Jimmy Everingham
systems support technician, Hoburne GroupDue to company growth across theHoburne Group, the IT team neededa new security solution. The teambegan looking around for a suitable
solution to keep all offices, staff, andsites safe from online threats thatwould improve upon their existingproducts from another vendor. What
had once been one single rack in acomms room and 50 endpoints had
grown to 250 endpoints including
remote desktops. Additional security
had definitely become a top priority.
Business challenges
Jimmy believed the main IT security challenges faced at the Groupincluded keeping endpoints, servers, and remote desktop users
safe. In addition, the Group stores vast amounts of confidential
data on its customers, so keeping this protected was also vital.

Hoburne A customer success story

The technical solution
Jimmy turned to trusted Sophos Gold Partner Storm for advice.
They suggested a number of solutions and set up demos to help
Jimmy with the decision. One of the options presented by Storm
was Sophos. “We looked through what was available and Sophos
came up trumps,” says Jimmy.
The Group began its Sophos journey with Sophos Endpoint
Protection which then moved to Sophos Central. “It was a naturalprogression,” says Jimmy. “We then implemented Sophos Central
Encryption and Sophos Central Mobile.” The Group subsequently
bought Intercept X Advanced with EDR and Intercept X for Server
for additional layers of security, including ransomware protection.

‘It was all very, very
simple to set up – eachproduct was set up andthen automatically rolled
out to our users. Plus,
the software needs nomaintenance because
we get the email alerts.’
Jimmy Everingham
systems support technician, Hoburne GroupHoburne A customer success story

Business benefits‘With Sophos and Storm
we are never on our own,
and as a small company
that means a lot.’

Jimmy is particularly impressed with the benefits provided by thefollowing products:• Sophos Central Mobile
The Group has recently rolled out iPhones and iPads to staff. The
IT team needed control over these devices to see what is installed
and to be able to push out apps when required. Now, Jimmy
can log into Sophos Central and see all of these devices in one
place, plus if any go missing they can be wiped immediately andremotely.

Jimmy Everingham
systems support technician, Hoburne Group• Sophos Central Encryption
With 60% of the workforce working remotely or travelling, it was
important to be able to encrypt any data if it accidentally fell into
the wrong hands. Sophos Central Encryption encrypts data andhelps to manage BitLocker encryption keys, keeping confidential
data safe and compliant with GDPR.
• Intercept X Advanced with EDR
Jimmy says this is a “really intelligent piece of code that shares
knowledge about threats across the entire estate.” The IT team
were aware that ransomware was on the rise and knew additional
protection was needed. “We had a small number of files that wereattacked and encrypted by the Lockie virus – it wasn’t a huge
issue, but it made us more aware of the threat. Intercept X analyzes
endpoints en masse and stops everything in its tracks.”• Intercept X for ServerWith a remote desktop farm in place, the Group sought to makesure that its servers were 100% secure. “We wanted to make surethat our servers were protected,” says Jimmy. “With Intercept X forServer, our staff and servers are protected from the outside world.”

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