Fortinet, Inc. : School Network Security | College Network Security | Education Network Security

EDUCATION SOLUTIONS

School Network Security | College Network Security | Education Network Security

Fortinet's ASIC-accelerated FortiGate™ multi-threat security systems enable educational institutions to secure their networks affordably without sacrificing the ease of access that students need for effective learning. They address the key network protection needs of educational institutions with real-time scanning of email, IM, Web and file transfer content at the network edge to block viruses, worms and other inappropriate and malicious content. In addition, every FortiGate system includes built-in intrusion prevention, firewall, VPN, antivirus, Web content filtering, antispam,and traffic shaping functionality in one easy to install, maintain and update unit. The available FortiManager™ and FortiAnalyzer™ centralized management and reporting appliances make it easy to secure thousands of desktops and laptops without overloading the IT budget or personnel. Extensive virtual domain and security zone capabilities enable administrators to craft policies specific to each department without sacrificing the performance of critical educational applications or access to necessary internal and external resources. And the CIPA-certified FortiGuard® Web Filtering Subscription Service helps schools and libraries attain compliance with HR4577.

Fortinet Benefits for Education

  • FortiGate systems provide cost-effective, comprehensive protection against threats, inappropriate content, and misuse of network resources without degrading performance of critical educational applications, network availability, or uptime.
  • FortiGuard® Security Subscription Services provides continuous, automatic updates for antivirus/antimalware, intrusion prevention, Web filtering, and antispam functionality to keep educational institutions ahead of the latest threats.
  • URL-filtering backed by industry-leading, CIPA-certified Web ratings database with over two billion rated pages offers comprehensive protection against malicious sites and inappropriate content.
  • IM and P2P screening through traffic shaping and application control preserves network bandwidth and help control non-educational network usage.
  • Easily-managed appliances with integrated, multi-threat protection reduce management burden and capital expenditures for lower TCO.
  • FortiClient PC™ end-point security agents provide comprehensive, centrally-managed security for student personal computers and mobile laptops.
  • Available FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer appliances ease management and help regulatory compliance with extensive logging and archiving capabilities.
  • Extensive virtual domain and security zone capabilities for fine-grained control of network and application access (e.g., by department, by building, by room or floor, etc.).
  • Simple per-device/unlimited-users licensing reduces costs.
  • Any and all security functions available on every appliance for easy addition to existing solutions.





With such a large-scale project, we had stringent technical requirements and the FortiGate security systems demonstrated the resilience, scalability and capacity needed to cope with the enormity of our project. Fortinet's integrated security platform and per-system licensing also allowed us to take a centralized security and management approach and thus avoid the management and licensing challenges associated with the implementation of servers and separate point solutions.

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