IronPort Customer Spotlight

Folksam

IronPort Ensures Email Security for an Insurance Industry Leader

"We had a number of strict requirements, and IronPort successfully met all of them!"
- Mikael Grenfeldt,
 Head of Infrastructure Development
FOLKSAM

At A Glance

Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden
Business: One of Sweden's leading insurance companies
Year Founded: 1908
Locations: 100 offices throughout Sweden
Mailboxes protected by IronPort: 4,300+

Folksam's Challenges

  • 300-500 false positives per week
  • End-user frustration caused by inboxes littered with spam, dangerous viruses entering the network and important messages getting lost
  • Legacy system required constant checking and management
  • Increasing mail volume put a strain on the infrastructure, resulting in high IT maintenance costs
  • Liability risk due to the system's inability to protect users from potentially offensive materials

The IronPort Solution

  • Eliminated the spam and virus problem, without any false positives
  • Closely integrated with LDAP for validation and filtering at all levels
  • Reduced administration time by 80%
  • Lowered overall costs by 2/3