Case Study: Volunteer Center of Sonoma County achieves affordable, hands-off Internet security with Check Point Software

Volunteer Center Gets a Helping Hand from Safe@Office

The Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, a large nonprofit that runs programs from volunteer placement to paratransit, relied on a 40‑PC network and the Internet to deliver services to seniors, youth and community partners. With mixed public access and no in‑house security or IT expertise, the center needed an affordable, easy‑to‑manage way to protect data, control web surfing and keep young users from encountering inappropriate content.

Local IT firm Portola Systems deployed Check Point Safe@Office as a managed service using the Security Management Portal, providing firewall protection, content filtering, remote access, 24/7 monitoring and monthly reports without requiring local upkeep. The solution blocked more than 10,000 unauthorized attacks and stopped 60 attempts to view inappropriate sites in one month, enabled safe Internet access for volunteers and youth, reduced costs by sharing a single connection for two networks, and offers VPN-ready scalability for future satellite offices.

Volunteer Center of Sonoma County

Myra Gaiser

Program Director