Educational institutions
Universities face considerable challenges in securing their networks:
- In an environment defined by the open exchange of information, liberal access policies can leave the network dangerously exposed.
- Thousands of untrusted, student-owned computers must have access.
- Wide-spread use of file sharing and peer-to-peer networks on campus introduce copyright infringement issues and create backdoors for unauthorized access to the network.
- Student computers include a range of platforms, operating systems, and OS versions, making client-based security solutions expensive and time-consuming to install and support.
Recent incidents of data and identity theft at high profile universities have served as a wake-up call for those responsible for securing the network.
The StillSecure suite of integrated security solutions allows universities to meet these challenges and dramatically improve their security without making additional demands on already stretched resources:
StillSecure Safe Access™ — An endpoint policy compliance solution, Safe Access tests both university and student-owned computers for compliance with your security policy, prohibiting non-compliant machines from accessing and harming the network. Through flexible agent-less, agent-based, and ActiveX testing methods, Safe Access ensures that student PCs will not serve as a conduit for attack or continually infect or re-infect the network. More about Safe Access >>
StillSecure VAM™ — VAM finds, tracks, and manages the repair of vulnerabilities on network devices. The thousands of servers, network infrastructure devices, and endpoints connected to the university network introduce tens or even hundreds of thousands of vulnerabilities. VAM finds vulnerabilities through systematic scanning, prioritizes them based on criticality and device importance, and manages their repair through the exclusive VAM Vulnerability Repair Workflow™. More about VAM >>
StillSecure Strata Guard™ — Awarded "Best of 2004" by SC Magazine, the Strata Guard intrusion detection/prevention system identifies and terminates viruses, worms, trojans, port scans, attacks, and intrusions before they enter the campus network and cause real damage. By eliminating false-positives, Strata Guard allows you to focus on only the attacks that pose real threats to the university. More about Strata Guard >>
The decentralized and diverse nature of university networks present complex IT challenges. The integrated StillSecure suite offers a versatile and affordable solution to secure this environment.
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