OmniAccess SafeGuard lets districts peer deeper into network traffic to determine what users are doing on the network and then compare that with what they’re allowed to do. OmniAccess SafeGuard then flags any activities prohibited by the district’s acceptable use policies (such as peer-to-peer downloads or unsecured, public instant messaging), therefore helping K-12 districts enforce the school board’s desire to keep students safe online and protect a school from becoming an agent of illegal activity.
Alcatel-Lucent VPN Firewall Brick solutions are designed to support large-scale district network deployments and manage the processing of large volumes of traffic on the network. Alcatel-Lucent VPN Firewall Brick solutions offer carrier-class reliability and security features and provide security management capabilities for all phases of network deployment, from VPN firewall installation to operation, management, and reporting.
Running on a unique, secure operating system, the Alcatel-Lucent VPN Firewall Brick portfolio is virtually impenetrable to hackers and its advanced safeguards protect against denial-of-service attacks, while delivering high-speed content security and premium authentication services.
For today’s school and district’s networks, ensuring network security is one of the biggest concerns. The high reliability and ease-of-use offered by Alcatel-Lucent’s security products make them ideal for K-12 systems seeking to offer high security on their networks at relatively low cost.
Conclusion
With the Alcatel-Lucent network security solution and the physical security support offered by Alcatel-Lucent’s OmniPCX and Unified Communications suite in use at
Cheltenham and Ridley schools, districts get a compre- hensive set of tools to secure the learning environment.
Alcatel-Lucent solutions help school districts share critical information, including time-sensitive voice and video traffic. These messages can be dispersed to the entire school com- munity, improving response time and ensuring the safety of both students and staff.. District alerts, text messaging, paging, conferencing and E911 help K-12 learning envi- ronments remain secure and protected. Additionally, the complete set of tools designed to provide management, configuration, troubleshooting, and security to the district network allows IT administrators and managers to operate a safe and effective network infrastructure. Complete network protection and physical security are what’s NEXT in secure K-12 learning environments.
