NoSpamProxy has introduced a solution for protecting against spam, malware, phishing, and other threats, as well as for email encryption, at MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University. The private, state-recognized university now benefits from reliable and comprehensive protection for its email communications. Medical School Hamburg is part of a nationwide network of private universities with more than 11,000 students and around 1,000 employees at six locations. A central IT team provides IT services for the entire network and is also responsible for securing email communication.
Highest security and confidentiality requirements
Reliable email communication is critical for the association’s research and university operations. This is clearly illustrated by the 30 TB volume of more than 1,000 email accounts. Since the emails contain both patient data and personal data of students, the university association places the highest demands on IT security and email encryption. It attaches particular importance to simple, confidential email communication and uncomplicated management of the certificates provided via the German Research Network (DFN). Since DFN certificate providers change frequently, certificate management should be particularly flexible.
Comprehensive email security with NoSpamProxy
After thorough evaluation, the university network opted for the NoSpamProxy solution and now operates the product suite on-premises. The decisive factor in choosing NoSpamProxy was the perfect combination of a user-friendly, BSI-certified product with maximum performance in protecting against spam and malware made in Germany and the low support costs for IT, for example through automated certificate management and automated allow listing.
Today, NoSpamProxy Protection reliably protects users against spam, phishing, malware, and other threats such as CEO fraud. Around 40% of incoming email traffic is identified as unwanted in advance and does not even reach the universities’ email infrastructure – this greatly reduces the load on the systems and, by eliminating the need for quarantine folders, also ensures a high level of legal compliance. NoSpamProxy Encryption automatically encrypts emails to the highest standard in the background without any additional effort on the part of users. NoSpamProxy manages the certificates based on user data via corresponding AD groups. NoSpamProxy Large File Transfer also provides a reliable mechanism for transporting very large attachments, such as those from medical imaging or research, which is intuitive and easy to use.
„NoSpamProxy protects our email communications very reliably, is extremely user-friendly, and can be operated efficiently without much effort. As a German manufacturer, NoSpamProxy also offers us the best support and service.“
Dipl.-Ing. Päd. Tobias Walther, CIO Medical School Hamburg
Connection for HARICA/DFN quickly implemented
When a change of provider in the DFN created a short-term need to connect the new certificate provider HARICA for automatic certificate management, the NoSpamProxy team quickly implemented the connection as a product extension in such a universal way that, in addition to HARICA, other providers in the DFN can also be easily supported in the future. Without such a connection, certificates would have had to be generated manually by the internal IT team – an enormous and recurring effort.
„Without much back and forth, NoSpamProxy created a new connection for DFN/HARICA, saving us a lot of work. That’s customer focus in action.“
Marios Charitos, IT Systems Administrator Medical School Hamburg
With NoSpamProxy, all universities in the network feel well equipped to deal with current and future threats to their email communication. As a powerful complete solution for email security, NoSpamProxy significantly reduces complexity and administrative effort for IT, and the Paderborn-based support team offers fast and pragmatic help with good availability.
