COUNTRY FOCUS : FRANCE important that Croix Rouge ’ s security solution was simple to use .
“ We like the product and we like the spirit of the product : simple yet efficient . That ’ s very important because we are not IT users . The job of the Red Cross is not to make IT , so you cannot assume that your users are IT geeks . They are not ,” said Couturier . “ So , if you want the users to use the technology , you need to get a simple yet efficient product like Virtru with a simple click , an elegant pop up . Nothing complicated . So we are always taking care to balance security , efficiency and simplicity .”
By making secure collaboration easy , the organisation is able to work quickly on its urgent mission , meanwhile securing the sensitive data being shared .
The mobile experience was also important to Couturier . “ Many of our users are mobile-first users . And of course , we get exactly the same capabilities on the smartphones , working the same way as on desktop .
And there is no difficulty to make Virtru run , even if it ’ s a BYOD device , which we have a lot of . We have 6,000 corporate smartphones but also manage a bit more than 12,000 BYOD machines .
“ We selected Virtru because it offers this simplicity and efficiency – and it ’ s working brilliantly ,” said Couturier . p
Yves Couturier , CIO Executive France of Croix Rouge
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