Increasing Security and Reducing Costs through the Single Information Environment (SIE) and the Next Generation Desktop (NGD)
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Pacific
Country
- Australia
Product
- Forcepoint Trusted Thin Client
Tech Stack
- Citrix
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- App-V
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries
- National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
- Infrastructure Inspection
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Australia’s Department of Defence has a mission to defend Australia and its national interests. The department serves the Government of the day and is accountable to the Commonwealth Parliament, which represents the Australian people, to efficiently and effectively carry out the Government’s defense policy. In response to this mission, and in light of the current technological and fiscal environments, Assistant Secretary Infrastructure Architecture Branch, Mr. Daniel McCabe from the Chief Information Officer Group (CIOG), Department of Defence has been working to modernise Defence’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) networks by consolidating data centres and preparing back end environments for the realisation of a Single Information Environment (SIE).
The Challenge
The Department of Defence in Australia was faced with the challenge of modernising its heavily distributed ICT networks, which were providing declining IT service and flexibility. This required a full-scale consolidation across the department's data centres, computer rooms, and desktops. The goal was to create a Single Information Environment (SIE) to improve and strengthen infrastructure and maintenance services, while reducing operational costs. The desktop portion of this project, referred to as the Next Generation Desktop (NGD), aimed to provide streamlined desktop and application access to approximately 100,000 users, with 15% of those users requiring simultaneous access to multiple networks.
The Solution
After researching other solutions, Defence selected Forcepoint Trusted Thin Client for the multilevel access solution and the user-facing portion of NGD. Forcepoint Trusted Thin Client has been successfully evaluated by Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) after a two-year evaluation period. The Forcepoint Trusted Thin Client solution consists of secure client software and a Distribution Console server for administration. Forcepoint Trusted Thin Client securely delivers desktops and applications that are housed in virtualised networks in the backend data centre. The ADF selected Citrix as the desktop virtualisation provider on a Microsoft Hyper-V platform with application delivery by App-V. The first portion of the NGD thin client implementation, supporting single level and multilevel users, was rolled out as a pilot to 500 users at 14 sites across the country.
Operational Impact
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