Post on 26-Mar-2015
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CHALLENGES
Users growing and becoming more demanding– E-learning, electronic registration and other services
– Require 24x7 access to learning materials hosted on remote servers
Exploding wireless adds to support burden High bandwidth utilization downloads
– Video clips
– Music
– Computer games
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SECURITY CHALLENGES
Overall philosophy that information must be shared…not necessarily protected– Many depts. run FTP, Web Server
software– Lax password security– Desktops, laptops not professionally
administered– Unwitting “launch pad” for DoS
attacks Explosion in wireless growth
– Prime “vector” for fast, repeated viral infections
– Poor set-up parameters result in vulnerabilities
Staffing/budgeting issues preclude hiring security expertise
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DELL CAN HELP
Assures uptime of critical systems hosting Learning Management Systems
Bridges gap between 24x7 users and 8am-6pm staff
Proactively identifies and protects critical resources against security threats
Cost-effectively monitors and secures wireless access points
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ONE INTEGRATED VIEW OF NETWORKS AND SECURITY
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CASE STUDY: <COMPANY>
Profile:
– Oldest community college in CA
– 20,000 + full-time students
– 17 IT professionals (labs, email, PCs, support, etc)
– Multiple locations connected by T1s
Issues:
– Distance learning increased demand for 24x7 uptime
– Problems detecting failed online registration servers
– Couldn’t dedicate operations staff to IT monitoring
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Maximize Uptime Of Registration Servers
“We continually needed to extend student online registration due to server uptime issues. One of our favorite Dell
features is the ability to proactively alert on multiple network performance issues, then provide us with recommendations
that enable us to preempt costly network downtime.”
Name, TitleInstitution
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OPTIMIZE UPTIME OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
What was my Spanish grade?
Can Dr. Richards post the Geology 101 syllabus?
…Reading lists for the quarter?
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ENSURE CRITICAL SYSTEMS ARE UP
Can students register for classes 24x7?
Do we need to schedule additional time for sophomore registration?
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IDENTIFY INCREASING BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION
Why is access to remote campus resources slow?
Flags unusual bandwidth increases
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OPTIMIZE AVAILABILITY OF WIRELESS NETWORK
Avoid monitoring every single access point
Monitor strategic points – firewalls, routers, switches
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CASE STUDY: <INSTITUTION>
Profile:
– 50,000 students; 16 campuses
– Predominantly Microsoft shop
– Using Dell to protect and optimize availability of core apps, such as HR, payroll, student records
Previous issues:
– Cost-prohibitive to hire multiple security experts
– Products brought into the university are “insecure out of the box”
– Can’t keep up with Microsoft patches
Institution logo / graphic
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DOCUMENT ASSETS…BEFORE IMPLEMENTING SECURITY PLANS
Automatically discovers IT assets
Documents equipment, O/S, software packs
Customizable notes section
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PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY ATTACK VULNERABILITIES
Protect against legal liability in serving as a launch pad for DoS attacks
Ongoing “white hat” scanning
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Which of my core business servers are missing the most patches?
PROACTIVE SERVER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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CORPORATE BACKGROUND
Add company boilerplate info