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IT infrastructure security for education from IBM
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| Protect IT infrastructure from threats
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Do you have internal controls in place to meet regulatory requirements for disclosing sensitive data? Are your systems automated to aid administrators in setting up, managing and removing user accounts across your systems and applications? Is your IT staff equipped with the proper security mechanisms needed to protect access points from rogue wireless users? Is your Web site protected from unauthorized access? We can help you manage threats from deliberate attacks, viruses and human error.
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| School smarts and street smarts
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IBM uniquely possesses an integrated yet componentized set of hardware, software and services solutions to address security-related challenges in the on demand world. Third-parties, such as Gartner and IDC, have consistently rated IBM’s hardware platforms, identity, access and compliance management software, and security-focused infrastructure services and middleware as top tier. We feature more than 38,000 services practitioners, a strong partner ecosystem and a variety of flexible financing and delivery options.
In addition we offer education programs, including:
- The IBM Learning Alignment for schools and IBM Open Learning for higher education, which provides a framework for viewing security initiatives in terms of the overall IT learning initiatives of the institution.
- Since its launch in 1994, IBM’s Reinventing Education program has provided US$75 million in equipment and research talent to school districts and state education agencies in 11 countries around the world.
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| Helping you simplify security to keep schools safe
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Improve the learning process, increase student services and minimize costs. Technology can help you enrich the way students learn and the way people communicate across the educational environment. But you must ensure compliance with critical legislation and handle emerging security threats to your network data.
IBM can help you assess, detect, protect, correct and recover from security exposures. We can help you:
- Manage the security of your e-mail applications, which have proven to be a common source of worms, viruses and other attacks.
- Detect intrusions and test your systems for vulnerability.
- Address and prove compliance with regulatory requirements by implementing internal controls over disclosure of sensitive data.
- Implement a well-documented, regularly updated and thoroughly tested organizational continuity/recovery plan.
- Ensure only appropriate users are validated and configured for access to the appropriate resources with user access, encryption and authentication mechanisms.
- Automate administration tasks such as setting up, managing and removing user accounts, passwords resets and log-ins.
- Streamline processes by integrating systems and security procedures across departments for a single virtual view of information.
- Determine where unprotected wireless access points may exist and implement the proper security mechanisms to manage these threats.
We can help you determine the level of threat, prioritize initiatives, build a roadmap for specific projects, solutions and services and support you in the transformation to operating on demand.
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| The implementation of a secure institution-wide solution
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A London-based university wanted to improve its ability to attract and retain high-quality students and faculty. One improvement was the creation of a highly-available, reliable and secure information technology (IT) infrastructure to support academic activities.
In addition, the university wanted to implement a wireless network to support "flexible teaching"—at locations other than classrooms—and to support its diversifying business objectives. Our client was looking to implement a robust, integrated IT environment to enable online teaching and learning—both on campus and from remote locations.
By working with IBM, the university now has an integrated, security-rich, manageable IT infrastructure to support all academic activities as well as future technology innovations. Both faculty and staff benefit from highly-available systems and an integrated messaging system, which supports communication and collaboration.
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| Make the grade on security
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IBM can help you efficiently assess security vulnerabilities and protect your institution’s infrastructure from threats. We can help you:
- Eliminate expensive redundancies that often occur when security is handled by separate departments.
- Build trust with employees, students and parents that personal information will be handled responsibly and confidentially.
- Help protect security of network information from intrusion.
- Avoid penalties for non-compliance of regulations and mandates.
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Questions about this solution? Contact an IBM Education specialist.
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