Case Study: Barnstable Police Department achieves automated ransomware protection and rapid recovery with Unitrends

Barnstable Police Department - Customer Case Study

Barnstable Police Department, the largest community on Cape Cod with a sizable force and a heavily virtualized Windows environment across headquarters, cruisers and two substations, faced a tough IT challenge: a one‑person IT team had to maintain uptime 24/7/365, support ruggedized cruiser laptops and multiple servers/NAS devices, and do so on a tight budget with equipment that gets heavily used and often breaks.

The department deployed a Unitrends Recovery Series appliance with offsite replication to a remote substation, giving automated ransomware detection, rapid file recovery and full disaster recovery. The solution proved easy to use and cost‑effective—Hurwitz has restored failed servers, crashed VMs and countless lost files—simplifying administration and ensuring continuous operations even during severe weather.

Barnstable Police Department

Craig Hurwitz

IT Director