As Security Incidents Rise at Education Facilities Nationwide, Multiple K-12 Institutions Choose Fortinet to Protect Against Cyber Attacks - Seite 2

"The task of keeping a business network secure can be a daunting one," said Bryan Wood, vice president of education at Fortinet. "Add to it the complexities schools face in protecting students of all ages, as well as teachers and faculty in a world that is exposed to more and more cyber threats, and network security is no longer an option, it's a necessity. We are very proud to be protecting a number of schools and school districts across the country, enabling them to focus on the real objective at hand -- providing students with the best learning environments possible and a safer environment for uninterrupted learning."

Educators Nationwide Take New Measures to Protect Against Cyber Threats

As network traffic increases and schools worldwide become more reliant on technology for a robust learning experience, schools and districts must replace or expand their security infrastructure and maximize web-based malware prevention, in addition to guarding against increasingly sophisticated external attacks. Many educators have reevaluated their security strategies and chosen Fortinet to upgrade their networks to enterprise-grade solutions.

Fortinet Web-Based Malware Prevention Stops Threats and Malicious Traffic for Merced Union High School District and Hillsborough County School District:

When leaders at Merced Union High School District in California wanted to onboard 10,000 Google Chromebooks for their 10,000 students and 1,000 faculty and staff, they began by thinking about what the ideal learning environment would look like. They modeled their design on what they saw on college campuses, looking to give students freedom to explore and use web-based resources in a secure environment. Yet, when the district began adding Chromebooks to the network, their existing firewall and web-based malware prevention were unable to meet the increased demands. So their IT team, along with partner CDW, evaluated six different security providers on four criteria: cost, consolidation, ease of management, and scalability. They selected Fortinet because it could easily sustain the number of required concurrent sessions while also providing robust content filtering and granular reporting. Fortinet also scaled with the district's projected bandwidth growth for the next four years. In the end, Fortinet provided additional security features and redundancy, and saved the district more than $30,000 a year in subscription costs.