CUSTOMER CASE STUDY CH Foods

CH Foods switches toSophos for a “RollsRoyce” product that is“worth its weight in gold”
Founded in 1988, Castell Howell Foods is now the leading independent foodservice wholesaler of Wales, servicing the length and breadth of Wales, theBorder Counties, and the South West of England. This growing company has
recently installed six new bays for loading its 100-plus lorries ready for their
daily deliveries. Last year also saw the completion of a 50,000 square footwarehouse extension, allowing the company to stock an even larger range ofdiverse products.

CUSTOMER-AT-A-GLANCE
CH Foods
Industry
Food and beverage
Sophos Customer
Since 2016

Number of Users
220Website
chfoods.co.uk

Sophos Solutions
Sophos Central
Intercept X for Server
XG310 Firewalls
Sophos Fullguard

CUSTOMER CASE STUDY CH FOODS‘With Sophos, not even one security
instance has been experienced andevery gap we uncovered with ourprevious solution has been rectified.’Paul Rankin
Head of IT
CH Foods

Castell Howell Foods (CH Foods) is situatedacross a number of sites in Wales and England.
The IT team realised there were gaps in its
firewall protection and began working withSophos to upgrade the company’s securitysolutions. Impressed with the products andservice, the company then went on to implementa blanket-wide Synchronized Security solution
from Sophos.
CH Foods believes it has a “Rolls-Royce”
product from Sophos that is “worth its weightin gold.” Read on to find out about the benefits
experienced by CH Foods after implementing
Synchronized Security from Sophos.

Challenges
Four years ago, CH Foods, based in Wales, began
working with Sophos to upgrade its firewalls. The
incumbent solution was letting the company
down, with gaps in provision and a lack ofdecent reporting. A number of areas were foundto be without protection, and subsequently
the company moved forward with Sophos XG
Firewalls, alongside other products from Sophos,
to create a Synchronized Security solution.

CUSTOMER CASE STUDY CH FOODS‘With Sophos we can control every
element of our security solution
at a granular level with ease.’
Paul Rankin
Head of IT
CH Foods

The technical solution
CH Foods has now implemented the following
products and recently renewed its licensing foranother three years:
Ì Sophos Central: the unified console
for managing all Sophos productsÌ Intercept X for Server: blocks threats,including ransomware, exploit-based
attacks and server-specific malware
with deep learning technology
Ì XG310 Firewalls: a fresh new approachto managing firewalls, responding tothreats, and monitoring the network
Ì Sophos Fullguard: everything needed to secure
a company in one easy-to-manage licence

The installation went smoothly and wasmanaged by the CH Foods IT team. It took
just one month, including setting up their own
bespoke policies. Day-to-day management of
the Sophos security solutions is simple, andautomated alerts allow the team to see what ishappening at any given time. According to Paul
Rankin, Head of IT at CH Foods: “Through Sophos
Central we can see everything. The XG Firewalls
talk to Sophos Central, and we even get an alert
if they haven’t checked in with Central within acertain period of time.”

CUSTOMER CASE STUDY CH FOODSBusiness benefits
CH Foods is seeing many benefits comparedwith its previous firewall and antivirus solution.
“It was a nightmare before,” says Paul. “We hadno control and keeping the company safe was areal hassle. Now we just feel like we have a really
good handle on our IT security.”
Paul lists the main benefits of using Sophos as:
Ì The ability to lock down, unlock, andrectify elements within Sophos for a
bespoke approach to IT security
Ì Predefined policies as well as theability to set up their own
Ì In-depth reporting to a granular levelÌ Greater control and simple management
Paul admits the company pays more than it didfor the previous solution, yet says Sophos is a
“Rolls-Royce” product that is “worth its weightin gold.” He now plans to roll out Synchronized
Security from Sophos to all the other sites thecompany owns. He also recommends Sophos toother companies of a similar size to CH Foods,
saying: “it is perfect for them and enables them
to be prepared for any eventuality.”

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‘We now have ourfinger on the pulse
with IT security.
Sophos is high end
and high availability.
It’s a really decent
product and thefirewall is the best
we have ever used.’
Paul Rankin
Head of IT
CH Foods

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