Case Study: City of Guelph achieves PCI compliance, real-time device visibility and secure mobile/guest access with ForeScout

City of Guelph Fortifies PCI Compliance & Mobile Security with CounterACT

The City of Guelph, a Canadian municipality of about 130,000 residents with roughly 2,000 employees across 35 sites, needed to strengthen network security and simplify compliance. IT wanted more efficient PCI‑DSS reporting (device, antivirus and patch status), greater visibility into every device on the network, and a way to safely enable personal mobile devices and automate contractor/guest access while isolating them from the corporate network.

After evaluating vendors and working with integrator Conexsys, the City deployed the ForeScout platform for real‑time device visibility, automated compliance reporting and policy‑based access control. The solution delivered instant PCI compliance status, full inventory and endpoint posture details, secure BYOD capabilities and automated guest/contractor onboarding—reducing audit effort, improving security and simplifying network administration.

City of Guelph

Shibu Pillai

Network Security Specialist