Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions K-12 manual Success Story, Security Features

In support of physical security, teachers can signal an emergency in the classroom from a PC or phone and instantly, simultaneously notify the principal, security officer, nurse or counselor on their mobile phones, desk phones, PCs, etc. IP-enabled alarms on doors, windows, or smoke detectors can signal those same staff members as needed. Administrators can also deliver lockdown alerts to every classroom via email, text or voice message to phones and/or computers, supporting school and district security policies.

SECURITY FEATURES

•Check user devices for virus protection status before granting network access

•Isolate/quarantine unrecognized or suspicious users without disrupting access of authorized users on the same port

•Monitor file sharing to limit legal exposure on copyright violations

•Seamless, flexible delivery of information via voice, data, and video to multiple devices

•Alarms and monitoring plus notification messages

•Support for SIP,XML, and other open communications standards

SOLUTION COMPONENTS

•OmniVista with Quarantine Manager – integrated security management that screens, maps, and inspects users accessing the network and enforces district policies

•OmniAccess WLAN Series – secure switches that define user roles and extend VLAN security procedures to the wireless data network

•OmniAccess SafeGuard – management application that allows IT managers to ensure compliance with acceptable use policies

•VPN Firewall Brick – advanced firewall to protect against hackers and denial-of-service attacks while delivering high-speed content security and premium authentication services

•FortiGate Security Appliance (in partnership with Fortinet) – multipurpose intrusion detection and prevention system, antivirus, and firewall appliance capable of issuing a simple network management protocol (SNMP) trap or syslog message upon detection of a violation

Success Story

Cheltenham School District

Location : Elkins Park, PA

(in suburb an Philadelphia )

Solution: Converged networking with voice over IP and wireless handsets

Cheltenha m needed to address the

inabili ty of its communications network to support business operations across separate phone systems. District goals included reducing telecommunications costs from Centrex, and installing advanced call features, security with text messagi ng, and e911.

With Alcatel-Lucent, Cheltenham achieved cost savings with voice over IP and implemented an IP communic ations system that delivered:

￿Digital class rooms connec ting students

￿Enoug h bandwidth to support video strea ming in the classroom and teacher

applicati ons like LetterGrade ￿District-wide emergen cy notific ation

and lockdown commun ications to phones, wireless handsets, and PCsto the world

“We now have more open communication, and the technolo gy provides the district with tools to make us more productive , efficient and successful that were not previou sly availa ble to us. The impact is very signi ficant.”

Gary Bixby, Director of Facilities and Support Servi ces

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