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Customer Case Study
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CITY OF STIRLING
● Public Sector
● Western Australia
● 1200 Employees
● Western Australia
● 1200 Employees
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
● Develop a fully integrated, centrally managed
network security system.
● Provide secure services and connectivity to
thousands of visitors and employees.
● Secure multiple networks and information to
protect city data.
CISCO SOLUTION
● Cisco Identity Services Engine
● Implemented across both private and public
● Implemented across both private and public
networks
BUSINESS RESULTS
● Transparent security for public sector
networks
● Better worker productivity for government
employees and contractors
● Increased use of public domains by citizens
and visitors
TECHNOLOGY / APPLICATION PARTNER
● Data#3
CHANNELS / INTEGRATOR PARTNER
● DimensionData
Transforming the City of Stirling into a City of
the Future
the Future
West Australian municipality secures advanced government and citizen services with
Cisco
Cisco
®
Identity Services Engine.
The City of Stirling lies in the northern suburbs of the Western
Australian capital city of Perth. With a population of approximately
220,000 and covering an area of 105.2 square kilometers, the city is
the largest local government area in the state.
For the past several years, this forward-looking city has invested in
an IT vision designed to transform its infrastructure into the next
generation of secure, centralized networking. Its roadmap supports a
wide range of city functions including government offices, properties,
field operators (such as park staff and property inspectors), and
public assistance. It also covers recreation areas, golf courses, and
the beachfront. In total, the city’s WAN supports more than 30
the beachfront. In total, the city’s WAN supports more than 30
locations, with an additional 15 public Wi-Fi hotspots.
However, securing this far-reaching capability has created a
challenge for administrators. “We wanted one centralized solution for
identity management,” says Peter Bennington, Chief Technology
challenge for administrators. “We wanted one centralized solution for
identity management,” says Peter Bennington, Chief Technology
Officer (CT
O) for the City of Stirling. “It needed to be a simplified
approach that would integrate with other strategies on both our public
and private networks.”
and private networks.”
Furthermore, the new security strategy had to be highly scalable.
The city government and its contractors total approximately 1200
users, but with a popular beachfront zone, the number of visitors on
the Stirling network is often up to thousands at a time. The city also
continues to experience steady population growth.
“With continuous anticipated expansion and growing usage, we knew we had to be able to provide good
performance that would support a quality user experience,” Bennington says. “And, especially on the corporate
performance that would support a quality user experience,” Bennington says. “And, especially on the corporate
side, we needed very high availability. We already had a significant investment in Cisco technologies. For all these
reasons, we chose t
he Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for our identity management solution.”
The Stirling Security Solution
From the time Stirling began to rely on a mobile workforce, it was understood that a strong security solution would
need to be deployed. The IT roadmap called for a fully integrated security approach that enables central control
and management across VPNs, Wi-Fi, LANs and WANs.