Case Study: Peoples Independent Bank achieves secure, high-performance branch expansion with Sophos

Sophos Provides Alabama Bank with the Performance, Flexibility, and Security It Needs to Expand

Peoples Independent Bank (PIB), a growing Alabama community bank with 75 employees and six branches, needed a more cost‑effective, scalable and secure network after struggling with a slow, expensive MPLS connection and an unresponsive third‑party firewall service. Seeking stronger ransomware protection, mobile device security, and FDIC‑ compliant reporting, PIB worked with Syndesi Solutions, which recommended Sophos products such as Sophos SG UTM, Sophos Intercept X, Sophos Mobile and Sophos Central.

Sophos delivered an integrated, managed security stack—SG UTM for secure VPN branch connectivity, Intercept X for ransomware and endpoint protection, Sophos Mobile for device management and Sophos Central for unified administration—deployed and supported by Syndesi. The solution eliminated multi‑day delays for firewall changes, saved the bank thousands of dollars per month versus MPLS, improved FDIC‑ready reporting and dramatically strengthened defenses and scalability as PIB continues to expand.

Peoples Independent Bank

Geoff Freeman

VP and CIO