Choice of a flexible and scalable solution To respond to their security needs, Capaciti, a software integrator based in Nantes organized a conference in June 2000 for the IT managers of the town council to discuss new technological developments. This event helped identify the security needs of the municipality. For this reason, our choice was limited to the three software publishers which met this criteria. The proxies prevent all direct communications between entities either side of the firewall. Each council employee only has access to the Internet and internal network resources which are necessary for his job.
Access is authorized after entering the required login and password.
The administrator defines authorized resources according to the needs of each staff member. Following the choice of the solution, a security audit and validation of network architecture took a few days at the beginning of September 2000. The two software packages have each been installed on an NT server. Training the two administrators in charge of security completed the installation of the solution. The IT department of Niort's town council is getting ready to become a service provider for the 30 districts in Niort's outlying region, which will be connected by a consistent and reliable IT system.