As Security Incidents Rise at Education Facilities Nationwide, Multiple K-12 Institutions Choose Fortinet to Protect Against Cyber Attacks - Seite 3

Hillsborough County Public School district in Florida is the 8th largest school district in the U.S. with roughly 200,000 students attending more than 200 school locations for their elementary, middle and high school education. Like many other public school districts, Hillsborough has relatively limited IT resources and tight budget constraints. As a result, when the Phantom iBoss web-based malware prevention solution the district was using to protect against viruses and threats came up for renewal the county's IT department solicited competitive bids in hopes of expanding their capabilities. Not only did Fortinet win the tender by meeting the county's web-based malware prevention requirements at the best price, it also delivered a network security platform that is helping Hillsborough meet new requirements over time and proactively comply with CIPA and FERPA regulations.

FortiGate Network Security Platform with FortiAP Access Points Enables Cypress-Fairbanks ISD to Manage Wired and Wireless LAN Security for Thousands of Students without Adding Additional Point Security Products:

Cypress-Fairbanks independent school district (ISD) in Texas wanted to build a network that would support a BYOD culture for 113,000 students in 87 schools. Due to the scale of this comprehensive technology upgrade, the district knew it would have to adopt an enterprise-level security solution. More than 100 people over six months were involved in the long-term planning phase for the comprehensive network upgrade. Cypress-Fairbanks wanted to both support the initial volume of devices to be deployed, while scaling the network for increasing demands through 2020. Working with partner M&S Technologies, the district sent out an RFP for best-in-breed solutions that focused on capacity, reliability, ubiquity, security, redundancy, resiliency, and mobility. They chose Fortinet as it provided one system to manage the entire network and maximum processing power to avoid traffic bottlenecks with students logging in and out all day. Today, given the upgrades they made, the Cypress-Fairbanks network can support 500,000 simultaneous sessions while ensuring the network and its users are protected from cyber threats.