Finnish Parliament relies on F-Secure Anti-Virus Finnish ParliamentUnder the Finnish constitution, the sovereign power in Finland belongs to the people, who are represented by the Parliament. Finland has a unicameral Parliament with 200 seats. The Parliament exercises supreme decision-making authority in the nation. The Parliament passes legislation, decides on the state budget and supervises the activities of the Government and the agencies which operate under it. The Parliament approves international treaties and participates in the national preparation of matters which are decided by the European Union. Every citizen who is at least 18 years of age and is registered to vote by the election date is entitled to vote in general elections and can, with certain exceptions, also stand for Parliament.F-Secure protects the Parliaments workstations and serversF-Secure will provide antivirus products to the Parliamentary representatives and their assistants, to the functionaries in the Parliamentary offices, to the office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and to the State Auditors. The antivirus products protect both workstations and servers. The speed of the virus definition database updates, the availability of technical support and the high level of expertise were decisive factors in choosing F-Secure.The Parliament staff use desktop computers and laptops round the clock, and in addition to working at the office, they also work from home.. Therefore, virus definition database updates must arrive automatically, wherever and whenever work is done. Because of the centralized management of F-Secures products, the real time distribution of virus definition database updates is ensured. Furthermore, IT security profiles can be modified if needed, and warnings of deviations distributed."The need for data security grew when the representatives were provided with home computers. E-mail volume has also grown exponentially and the means for reading them has diversified. More and more data is sought in and gathered from the Internet. We wanted a dependable supplier with fast virus definition database updating for all the equipment we use, from desktop computers to PDAs," says Juha Suomalainen, IT Manager at the Parliament.F-Secure Anti-Virus for Workstations will protect desktop computers and laptops both in the office, when traveling and at home. F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers will ensure that malware does not spread in the data network.Jaana Sirkiä, Communications Manager Begin | Back
Under the Finnish constitution, the sovereign power in Finland belongs to the people, who are represented by the Parliament. Finland has a unicameral Parliament with 200 seats. The Parliament exercises supreme decision-making authority in the nation. The Parliament passes legislation, decides on the state budget and supervises the activities of the Government and the agencies which operate under it. The Parliament approves international treaties and participates in the national preparation of matters which are decided by the European Union. Every citizen who is at least 18 years of age and is registered to vote by the election date is entitled to vote in general elections and can, with certain exceptions, also stand for Parliament.
The Parliament staff use desktop computers and laptops round the clock, and in addition to working at the office, they also work from home.. Therefore, virus definition database updates must arrive automatically, wherever and whenever work is done. Because of the centralized management of F-Secures products, the real time distribution of virus definition database updates is ensured. Furthermore, IT security profiles can be modified if needed, and warnings of deviations distributed.