Case Study: New Zealand Public Service Association achieves rapid, secure remote access for all employees with SonicWall

Nz Psa Swiftly and Securely Expands Remote Access With Sonicwall

The New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA), the country’s largest trade union representing more than 74,000 members, suddenly needed to scale secure remote access at the start of the COVID-19 lockdown. Their legacy SonicWall SSL gateway was capped at 100 users, but most staff required continuous connectivity to internal systems, so PSA urgently needed a fast expansion of remote access capacity.

SonicWall deployed two SonicWall SMA 500v virtual appliances and tailored the software, completing the upgrade within 48 hours. The SonicWall solution enabled secure, anytime/anywhere/any-device access for all employees, added one-time-password and two‑factor authentication, improved threat protection and simplified management, and delivered zero‑downtime business continuity.

New Zealand Public Service Association

Richard Finlay

Head of IT