Case Study: Hong Kong Polytechnic University achieves seamless campus-wide email virus protection with Sophos

Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Customer Case Study

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a government‑funded tertiary institution serving about 25,000 students and staff, needed to protect its fast, campus‑wide email infrastructure and open network access from virus and worm threats while supporting two existing email platforms. To meet this requirement the university deployed Mirapoint Message Director Internet Messaging using Sophos’s virus detection engine (SAV Interface) to provide centralized anti‑virus and content‑filtering protection.

Mirapoint’s Message Director powered by Sophos was quickly and easily installed to deliver non‑stop email filtering across both of PolyU’s platforms, with automatic virus‑identity updates pushed regularly to the university. Sophos’s engine proved particularly effective and timely—signatures were updated in the engine two weeks before a HK‑CERT/CC alert—resulting in painless deployment, continuous protection for ~25,000 users, and improved confidence in the university’s email security.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Kent Leung

Chief Computing Officer