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10 EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES SOLVED
WITH INTEGRA’S CLOUD FIREWALL SERVICE (CFS)
Education enters the digital age, fueled by developments in technology that offer new pathways to learning. Students, parents
and teachers now expect access to online courses, high speed Internet, and other digital tools as fundamental components of
a modern education. These advancements open up countless new opportunities for students and educators. They also create
new requirements and demands that schools and districts are challenged to meet. Technologies must be funded,
implemented, and managed—all while ensuring the safety and security of students and their personal information every step
along the way.
Integra’s Cloud Firewall Service (CFS) delivers a managed solution that defends your network, protects your students and
teachers, and helps you stay in compliance with regulatory requirements for government funding, without taxing your internal
resources. CFS offers technology protection measures that are configurable to meet your organization’s needs—blocking
malware, filtering inappropriate web content and monitoring online activity so that you can proactively address concerns and
keep your kids safe.
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CHALLENGE
CFS SOLUTION
We try to keep our security systems up to date,
but it seems like every day there’s some new
type of threat to prepare for. How can we keep
our security measures current?
CFS is an “application-aware” firewall. It currently identifies more than 1,600
applications, and the number is constantly growing. The application database
is updated daily, giving you the protection you need to protect your network
and data from new and emerging threats.
More and more personal devices are brought into
our schools and onto our networks every day. How
can we prevent them from introducing infections?
CFS gives you the capability to create zones for trusted devices
(i.e. school-owned computers) or unknown devices (i.e. a tablet)—giving
you the power to protect your network from malware and alien viruses.
Sometimes staff members need to access school
systems from other locations. How can we enable
remote access without exposing our network to risk?
CFS includes an available remote-access VPN client that allows mobile
and/or remote users to securely access your network without
compromising it.
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CHALLENGE
CFS SOLUTION
As our students become more technologically savvy,
we’re finding that we need to protect systems from
them, as well as from outside hackers. How do we
prevent unauthorized access to our network and
confidential data?
CFS offers an optional service that allows you to separate user
access zones from sensitive data—mitigating the potential costs and
damages of a data breach.
We need to allow our students internet access so
that they can successfully complete their work, but
we also need to protect them from harmful
materials and people. How can we keep them both
safe and productive?
CFS can be configured to filter, block, or provide selective access to web sites
based on categories; prohibit visits to inappropriate sites (pornography,
gambling, drugs and alcohol etc.); and create rules that permit access to
Gmail and other applications, but prevent behaviors like chatting or
downloading of files—keeping your kids browsing, safely.
Social media is becoming a problem in our school.
It’s distracting students, and we’re concerned it could
be a vehicle for cyber-bullying or online predators.
How do we restrict access to social networking sites
while allowing visits to approved sites?
CFS can easily be configured to block or limit access to specific sites, such as
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr, or the entire social networking
category of online content. CFS also gives you the ability to set rules for
allowed sites. With Safe Application Enablement, applications can be scanned
and monitored for suspicious activity, preventing unintended consequences.
CIPA requires us to keep an eye on what students
are doing online. What kind of system can we put
in place to monitor Internet activity?
CFS Application Visibility feature shows you the top applications and
websites being used on your network—so you can quickly determine if
inappropriate usage is occurring. You can also monitor the behavior of
unique User IDs, so you can take corrective measures immediately.
Our school technical team spends huge amounts of
time monitoring network activities for high-risk
behavior and addressing security breaches. How can
we meet security standards without over-taxing
our resources?
CFS is a managed service—meaning we set it up for you, we manage it for
you, and we make sure that it’s configured to deliver the security your district,
your schools, and your kids need—reducing the demands on your internal
staff. While you can opt to customize your policies in-house if preferred,
our highly trained staff is here to do the heavy lifting for you, so you can
focus on higher priorities.
We have a small IT staff and can’t afford the added
expense of hiring a security expert. How do we
implement and manage an effective security
solution without adding FTE headcount?
CFS eliminates the operating expense associated with staffing a full-time
network security expert—a position that can easily cost more than $100K
annually. Integra’s expert personnel are trained and ready to update your
CFS as new application definitions, URL filtering profiles, anti-virus and
anti-spyware definitions, and IDS/IDP profiles become available.
Our school district needs to comply with CIPA
requirements in order to qualify for E-Rate funding.
What options are available to help meet
CIPA requirements?
CFS provides the technology protection measures your school needs to
establish a CIPA-compliant Internet Safety Policy and qualify for E-Rate
funding. CFS includes web filtering technology, activity logs, malware
protection, anti-virus and anti-spyware protection. All designed to keep
your students and networks safe, and keep you in compliance.
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